HISTORY 



OF 



Col. James Scamman's 
Thirtieth Regiment of Foot 



EIGHT MONTHS' SERVICE MEN OF 1775 
FROM .YORK COUNTY 



WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THEIR MOVEMENTS DURING 

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL AND COMPLETE 

MUSTER ROLLS OF THE COMPANIES 



BY 



NATHAN GOOLD 



Author of Col. Edmund Phinney's 31st Regiment of Foot, 1775, 

and i8th Continental Regiment, 1776, and Col. Jonathan 

Mitchell's Cumberland County Regiment of the 

Bagaduce Expedition, 1779 

Reprinted from the 
Maine Historical Society's Quarterly 



Portland, Maine 

THE THURSTON PRINT 

1899 






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COL. JAMES SCAMMAN'S 30TH REGIMENT 
OF FOOT, 1775. 

BY NATHAN GOOLD. 

Read before the Maine Historical Society, March SI, 1899. 

Colonel James Scamman's 30th Regiment of Foot, 
the first to leave the District of Maine in the war of 
tL-. Revolution, was from York County. It was 
raised in answer to a resolve passed by the Second 
liovincial Congress of Massachusetts, April 23, 1775, 
four days after the battles of Lexington and Concord, 
*- ) raise thirteen thousand six hundred men " iramedi- 
tely," in the colony. April 26, the Congress voted 
that the regiments authorized should consist of ten 
companies of fifty-nine men, each to be commanded 
by a captain and two subalterns. It was a time of the 
most intense excitement. The rebellion against Brit- 
ish tyranny had begun, and the enemy's army must 
be driven out of Boston, which was the work to be 
assigned for this army to do. The force was increased 
to thirty thousand by the other New England colo- 
nies. The minute-men, then under arms, had assem- 
bled ^during the Lexington alarm, most of whom soon 
returned to their homes to become regular soldiers in 
the service of the colony. The situation at Cambridge 
at that time is given by the following letter of Gen. 
Ward : — 

Head Quarters, April 24, 1775. 
Gentlemen: — My situation is such, that if I have not enlisting 
orders immediately I shall be left entirely alone. It is impossible 



to keep men here, excepting something to be done. I therefore 
pray that the plan may be completed and handed to me this morn- 
ing, that you, gentlemen of the Congress, issue orders for enlisting 
men. 

I am gentlemen, yours &c 

A. Ward. 
To the Hon. the Delegates of the Provincial Congress. 

American Archives, Volume IT, page 384. 

The plan was completed, and men thought best fit- 
ted for such work were given "beating orders" to 
raise companies all through the Massachusetts Colony. 
The following are copies of the "beating orders" sent 
out by the Committee of Safety from Cambridge: — 

In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, April 24, 1775. 

To Captain of in the County of 

greeting : 

Sir : — You are hereby empowered immediately to enlist a com- 
pany, to consist of 56 able-bodied and effective men, including ser- 
geants, as soldiers in theJVIassachusetts service, for the protection 
of American liberty, and cause them to pass muster as soon as 
possible. 

Jos. Warren, Chairman. 
Samuel Freeman, Secretary, P. T. 

Cambridge, April 24, 1775. 
Whereas, you have this day received orders for enlisting 56 sol- 
diers, including a sergeant, for the Massachusetts service for the 
protection of the liberties of America, you are hereby acquainted 
that the commission of a captain in said service shall be made out 
for you as soon as you have completed the said enlistment ; and you 
will also be allowed to nominate 2 subalterns to serve under you, 
who will receive commissions accordingly, if the committee shall 
approve of them. 

By order of the Committee of Safety 

Joseph Warren, Chairman. 



These two orders having been received the several 
captains proceeded with their enlistments, and, in 
some towns, more men came than were wanted. In 
a little over two weeks from the first enlistment, Col. 
Scamman's regiment was on its march toward Cam- 
bridge, as well fitted out as the times and the condi- 
tions of the people would admit, and with the neces- 
sary field and staff officers. Some of the men came 
from towns where there was no military organization 
until after the Lexington Alarm. This prompt re- 
sponse was the result of the intense feeling of indig- 
nation of the inhabitants at the attack on their coun- 
trymen at Lexington and Concord, on the memorable 
nineteenth of April. Then our government was but 
a skeleton, and had little organization. Independence 
had hardly been thought of, but our forefathers proved 
themselves equal to the self-imposed task that devel- 
oped in the progress of events. The people were 
self-reliant, and rebellion against oppression was ram- 
pant in our land. It was success or death. The un- 
selfish devotion of those Revolutionary patriots will 
command the admiration of the students of our coun- 
try's history for all time, therefore the smallest details 
should be welcomed to the story of the nation. 

The Committee of Safety adopted, April 21, 177o> 
the following form of enlistment for the army : — 

I, A B, do hereby engage and enlist myself as a soldier in the 
Massachusetts service, from the day of my enlistment to the last 
day of December next, unless the service should admit of a dis- 
charge of a part or the whole sooner, which shall be at the discre- 
tion of the Committee of Safety ; and I do hereby promise to submit 



myself to all the orders and regulations of the army, and faithfully 
to observe and obey all such orders as I shall receive from my supe- 
rior oflScer. 

At first the regiments were to be of nine compa- 
nies with seventy privates each, but April 24 they 
were changed to ten companies with fifty-nine men 
each, including the three commissioned officers. In 
the instructions to recruiting officers in July, 1775, 
they were not to enlist any deserter from the British 
army, negro or vagabond, or any person under eigh- 
teen years of age. They were not to enlist any per- 
son not American born, unless such person had a wife 
and family and was a settled resident of the country. 
All recruits were obliged to be provided " with good 
and complete arms." Afterward negroes were enlisted 
in the army, and did gallant service, as they have later. 
Peter Salem, a negro, was thought to have killed Major 
Pitcairn at Bunker Hill. 

While the York County regiment was being raised 
a meeting of the county militia officers was held to 
select who was, in their opinion, best fitted for the 
command of the regiment. Their recommendation 
was Johnson Moulton for colonel, James Scamman for 
lieutenant-colonel, and David Wood for major. Capt. 
Moulton, as he was then, went to Cambridge, and with 
him took the following letter of introduction to Gen. 
Artemas Ward, then the commander of the army. 

Kittery, May 5, 1775. 
Sir: — Captain Johnson Moulton, the bearer hereof, who has 
been a number of years in the service of this Province in the last 
war, and performed to general satisfaction of all parties and it ap- 



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pearing by the disposition of our men, who are acquainted with 
him in the service, that he will be the most likely to raise a regi- 
ment of good eflfective men, therefore do recommend him to your 
Honour (if you think proper) for a Colonel's commission. 
And am your Honour's assured friends and humble servants 

James Gowen 
Benj Chadburn 
Nathan Lord Jr. 
N. B. There is a considerable number of good men enlisted al- 
ready, with a view of said Moulton being their Colonel. 
The Honorable Artemas "Ward, Esquire. 

American Archives, Volume II, page 515. 

Hon. James Gowen was a prominent man at Kittery 
in his time and had served in the General Court and 
as one of the Governor's councilors. He had been a 
captain and commanded a company in Col. Jedediah 
Preble's regiment, in the army of Gen. Abercrombie, in 
the attack on Fort Ticonderoga, in 1758, when Lord 
Howe was killed. 

It seems evident that James Scamman had already 
been given orders to raise the York County regiment, 
but from the representations made to them, the Com- 
mittee of Safety at Cambridge had become convinced 
that the command should have been given to Johnson 
Moulton, Esq., therefore they sent to Col. Scamman 
the following letter : — 

In Committee of Safety, Cambridge 
May, 7, 1775. 

We are informed by the Field Officers of the First and Second 
regiments, together with a number of gentlemen of note in the 
Coimty of York, that it would be most agreeable that Captain John- 
son Moulton should have the command ot the Reeiment to be 



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raised in that County. The Committee taking these matters into 
their most serious consideration, and the necessity of an Army be- 
ing formed as soon as possible, as the salvation of the Country 
must depend (under God) on our union and exertions ; and notwith- 
standing, sir, you have received orders for enlisting a Regimant, 
with a prospect of having the command of the same, yet we flatter 
ourselves that you will, when you view the importance of completing 
the Army, the delay that might arise in your quarter should you 
not consent to come under Mr. Johnson Moulton, you will cheer- 
fully comply and rest satisfied as we conceive it is the interest of 
your Country you aim at, and not any emolument or honours that 
may respect you as an individual. We doubt not, from these con- 
siderations, you will be actuated by that zeal and ardour in the 
cause of your Country that shall promote its truest interest, and that 
we shall soon be informed that the Regiment intended to be raised 
in the County of York is completed to the satisfaction of officers 
and men. 

We are &c. 
To Colonel James Scamman. 

American Archives Volume II, page 524. 

James Scamman became the colonel of the regi- 
ment, but, in the light of subsequent events, it would 
probably have been better had he withdrawn in favor 
of Johnson Moulton. This was no doubt the begin- 
ning of the lack of harmony among the officers which 
existed in the regiment through its service, but there 
may have been other reasons which may never be 
known. 

There were other difficulties encountered in the or- 
ganization of this regiment. James Sullivan, after- 
wards a governor of Massachusetts, then a lawyer at 
Biddeford, urged the government to appoint as major 
Alexander Scammell of Durham, New Hampshire, then 



a student in the law office of Gen. John Sullivan, his 
brother. That Scammell was not a resident of York 
County was probably the only reason of his failure 
to receive the appointment. 

Alexander Scammell entered the army June 12, 
1775, as brigade major of the New Hampshire regi- 
ments at Cambridge, and subsequently had a brilliant 
career, ending his life October 6, 1781, at the seige of 
Yorktown, when he was shot by a Hessian dragoon 
after he was captured. He was a most intimate friend 
of Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, they having been college 
classmates. 

James Sullivan gave Scammell a letter of introduc- 
tion to Dr. Joseph Warren (president of the Commit- 
tee of Safety), dated May 21, 1775, in which he stated 
that the bearer was the gentleman whom he had rec- 
ommended for major of the York County regiment. 

In the same letter Sullivan said that the Cumber- 
land County regiment (Col. Edmund Phinney's) would 
have but one gun to three men and that it was ex- 
pected that the Province would arm them. This 
letter has been preserved in the Massachusetts 
Archives. 

The following letter was written to the Committee 
of Safety at Cambridge from Berwick six days before 
Sullivan's : — 

Berwick May 15, 1775. 

Gentlemen : this day our waiting on Majr Wood on his march 

to Head Quarters we are informed that one Alexander Scammell is 

appointed major of the Regiment now Raising in the County of 

York. Mr. Scammell Lives in New Hampshire and has no proper- 



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ty in Berwick or the County of York. We being military Officers 
in said County of York not attending the County meeting in advis- 
ing to the field Officers do approve of the Choice at said meeting 
that is Johnson Moulton first Colo., James Scamman Lt. Colo. 
Danl Wood Majr 

We are Gentlem with esteem yours &c 

Joseph Prime 
Jona Hamilton 
Joseph Pray Jr. 
Mark Lord 
the Committee of Safety 
at Cambridge &c. &c. &c. 

The original of the above letter is in the Massachu- 
setts Archives, Volume CXLVI, page 63. 

Daniel Wood of Berwick was appointed major of 
the regiment, which was but justice, although there 
is no question but what Scammell would have been a 
most efficient officer. 

May 4, the Congress passed a resolution granting 
an advance payment of twenty shillings to the non- 
commissioned officers and privates who should enlist. 
Four days later they established the following oath to 
be administered to the Massachusetts army. Later 
this oath was simplified : — 

I, A. B. swear I will truly and faithfully serve in the Massachu- 
setts army, to which I belong, for the defense and security of the 
estates, lives and liberties of the good people of this and the sister 
colonies of America, in opposition to ministerial tyrany by which 
they are or may be oppressed, and to all other enemies and oppos- 
ers whatsoever ; that I will adhere to the rules and regulations of 
said army, observe and obey the generals and other officers set over 
me ; and disclose and make known to said officers all traitorous 
conspiracies, attempts and designs whatsoever which I shall know 



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to be made against said army or any of the English American colo- 
nies, so help me God. 

May 20, Gen. Artemas Ward was sworn and re- 
ceived his commission as the commander-in-chief of 
the army, and commissions were issued to some other 
officers. Tiie organization of the Massachusetts army 
was entered upon at this date, although troops had 
been in the service since the nineteenth of April. 
John Thomas was the lieutenant-general. 

By the order of the Committee of Safety at Cam- 
bridge the following letter was sent to the colonels of 
the several regiments : — 

Cambridge May 10, 1775. 
Sir : As we are meditating a blow against our restless enemies 
we therefore enjoin you as you would evidence your regard to your 
country, forthwith, upon the receipt of this order, to repair to the 
town of Cambridge, with the men enlisted under your command. 
We are &c. 

This was the order to march, and within a few days 
Col. Scamman's regiment was on its way to join the 
army. They were at least four days on the road and 
were in camp the twenty-third, with all but three 
companies full to the limit, the regiment then having 
five hundred and forty-seven men, as is shown by the 
following return : — 

Return of Colonel Scamman's Regiment, Cambridge, 
May 23, 1775. 

This return gives one each, colonel, lieutenant- 
colonel, major, adjutant and quartermaster present. 
The company returns were as follows : — 



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Capt. 



Lieut. Ensign. Rank and File 



Capt. 


Samuel Darby's Co., 






56 




Tobias Fernald's Co., 






56 




Ebenezer Sullivan's Co., 






56 




Samuel Leighton's Co., 






56 




Samuel Sawyer's Co., 






56 




Jeremiah Hill's Co., 






56 




Joshua Bragdon's Co., 






38 




Philip Hubbard's Co., 






37 




Jonathan Nowell's Co., 






45 




Jesse Dormand's Co., 






56 




Total, 


10 10 

Line Officers, 
Staff " 


10 


512 

30 

5 



Total, 



547 



Orio^inal return in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
CXLVI, page 163. 

May 24, " Col. Scamman having satisfied the Com- 
mittee [of Safety] that his regiment was nearly full, 
a certificate was given him thereof, and it was recom- 
mended to the Provincial Congress that his regiment 
be commissioned accordingly." The following is the 

record for the commissioning of Col. Scaraman's regi- 
ment by the Provincial Congress, 

WatertowD, June 2, 1775. 
Ordered that commissions be given to the officers of Col. Scam- 
man's regiment (except those captains who have already received 
their commissions) agreeable to the above list. 

Samuel Freeman 

Secretary. 



Some commissions issued were dated June 2, 1775. 



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The following is a copy of a commission given to 
one of the captains of Col. Scamman's regiment: — 

In Congress. — The delegates of the United Colonies of New 
Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New 
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New Castle, 
Kent and Sussex, on the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Car- 
olina and South Carolina, to Samuel Leighton Esquire. We repos- 
ing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, conduct 
and fidelity, do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be 
captain of a company in the Thirtieth Regiment, commanded by 
Col. Scammon, in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the 
defense of American liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion 
thereof. You are therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge 
the duty of Captain, by doing and performing all manner of things 
thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all 
officers and soldiers under your command to be obedient to your 
orders as Captain, and you are to observe and follow such orders 
and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this or 
a future Congress of the United Colonies or Committee of Congress, 
for that purpose appointed, or Commander-in-Chief for the time 
being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your supe- 
rior officers, according to the rules and discipline of war, in persu- 
ance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in 
force until revoked by this or a future Congress. 
By order of the Congress, 

John Hancock, 
Attest July 1st, 1775. President. 

Chas. Thomson, Secretary. 

Col. Scamman's regiment had been in camp about 
four weeks when the battle of Bunker Hill was fought. 
In a return of June 9, the regiment is given as having 
three hundred and ninety-six men fit for duty, and 
was in an army that was but a motley crowd of men. 
Drake says : — 



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Imagine such an army, without artillery or effective small arms, 
without magazines or discipline, and unable to execute the smallest 
tactical maneuver should their lines be forced at any point, laying 
siege to a town containing ten thousand troops, the first in the 
world. It was, moreover, without a flag, or a commander having 
absolute authority until "Washington came. Picture to yourself a 
grimy figure behind a rank of gabions, his head wrapped in an old 
bandanna, a short pipe between his teeth, stripped of his upper gar- 
ments, his lower limbs encased in leather breeches, yarn stockings, 
and hob-nailed shoes, industriously plying mattock or spade, and 
your provincial soldier of '75 stands before you. Multiply him by 
ten thousand, and you have the provincial army. 

The story of Bunker Hill has been ably told by 
Frothingham and others. The movements of Col. 
Scamman's regiment, during the battle, have not been 
clearly stated in our Maine history. They took no ac- 
tive part in the fighting that day, and it is not prob- 
able that any Maine organization did. Frothingham 
says, in his account of the battle June 17 : " Col. 
Scamman was ordered to where the fighting was and 
went to Lechmere's Point (East Cambridge). Here he 
was ordered to march to the hill, which he understood 
to mean Cobble Hill (McLean Asylum), whence he 
sent a messenger to Gen. Putnam to enquire whether 
his regiment was wanted. This delay prevented it 
from reaching the field in season to do any good," 
also " James Scamman's regiment from Maine did not 
advance nearer the battle than Bunker Hill ; and its 
colonel was tried for cowardice and acquitted," and 
" Col. Scamman with a part of his regiment reached 
the top of Bunker Hill, but immediately retreated." 
It must be kept in mind that the battle was fought on 
Breed's Hill, now called Bunker Hill. 



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Narrow Pass. 

Where the Ameri- 
cans passed over. 



Bunker Hill. 

The farthest point 
reached by Col. Scam- 
man's regiment In 
its advance. 



Breed's Bill. Moulton's Point. 

Where the battle 
of Bunker Hill 
was fought. 



VIEW OF CHARLESTOWN IN 1775 BY TRUMBULL. 

All that Frothingham says is true of this regiment, 
but still their movements are not satisfactorily stated. 
The American army had no supreme commander and 
but little organization at that time. There was great 
confusion caused by the knowledge that the British 
were making a forward movement. Col. Scamman 
supposed they were to land at Lechmere's Point, and 
marched his regiment there. Col. Whitcomb, act- 
ing as a general officer, ordered him, as he supposed, 
to Cobble Hill to observe the movements of the float- 
ing batteries, and while there the battle was at its 
height. Col. Scamman despatched two sergeants to 
Gen. Putnam to find if he was needed, and before 
their return hurried his regiment forward, but before 
they reached the top of Bunker Hill the American's 
were in full retreat from Breed's Hill. During the ad- 
vance the British bullets fell thick and fast among 
them. Col. Scamman when urging on his men shout- 
ed : " Come, my Yorkshire lads, now let us show our 
bravery," Meeting the retreating soldiers Scamman's 
regiment went with them, as would be expected. The 
Journal of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress 
says Hon. John Whitcomb was elected " a general of- 
ficer" February 15, 1775, and was appointed a muster 
master May 6, 1775, but " on account of his various 



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vocations could not accept," and Asa Whitcomb was 
elected in his place May 9. Col. John Whitcomb was 
elected the first major general June 13, 1775, and 
Gen. Joseph Warren was the second. In reply to his 
notification Gen. Whitcomb said he would remain in 
the service until the army was regulated and properly 
encamped and then would ask his discharge. The 
committee were ordered by the Provincial Congress 
to fill up a commission for Gen. Whitcomb, and June 
26 voted to date it June 21, 1775, and the president 
was desired to administer to Gen. Whitcomb the oath 
of the general officers of the army and deliver him 
his commission. This shows that Gen. Whitcomb sup- 
posed he had authority to act as a general officer 
June 17. 

Perhaps Col. Scamman should have pushed forward 
when he first reached Cobble Hill, but under the cir- 
cumstances he evidently was justified in acting as he 
did. Four weeks after the event Gen. Whitcomb did 
not remember of giving the order, but officers and 
men of Scamman's regiment heard it, and so testified 
at the investigation. 

The time of the battle of Bunker Hill from the first 
fire of the musketry until the last was about one hour 
and a half. The general battle, with small arms, be- 
gan about half-past three and ended about five o'clock. 
General Washington says that the number of Ameri- 
cans engaged at any one time was about fifteen hun- 
dred, but the authorities conflict in their statements as 
to the numbers engaged on both sides. 



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Charges were preferred against Col. Scasnman for 
disobedience of orders and for not showing the proper 
spirit during the battle. A court martial was con- 
vened for this trial, July 13, before which those who 
had knowledge of the facts testified, and after hearing 
all the evidence, the Court, on the seventeenth, re- 
turned the verdict that " Col. Scamman is not guilty 
of the charge brought against him." This should 
have settled the matter, but it did not There was ill 
feeling against the colonel which did not subside. 
Some time after the battle Dr. Church published a 
letter in which he reflected on the conduct of Col. 
Scamman on the seventeenth of June, in answer to 
which Scamman sent the following letter and docu- 
ment for publication : — 

Mr. Hall, 

I have observed when you published Dr. Church's letter, 
that my name was mentioned to my disadvantage : therefore, in 
justice to my character, I am constrained to request that you would 
give the proceedings of a General Court Martial, held at Headquar- 
ters, in Cambridge, by order of his Excellency George "Washington 
Esq., General and Commander-in-chief of all the American forces, 
(with some remarks upon the deposition then taken) , a place in your 
useful paper ; that the public may judge how far I deserve the defa- 
mation given by the said Doctor. In granting this request, you will 
oblige many of your constant readers, and in particular 

Your humble servant 

James Scamman 

The following is the report of the court martial, 
which is no doubt the best evidence extant of the 
movements of Col. Scamman's regiment during the 
progress of the battle of Bunker Hill. 



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(Minutes of the Court, with Comments by Colonel Scammans.) 

General Court Martial held July 13th, 1775. . 
Col. Nixon, President ; with one Lieut. Colonel, one Major, and 
ten Captains. 

William Tudor, Judge Advocate. 

The Court being duly sworn, proceeded to the trial of Col. Scam- 
mans of the Massachusetts forces, who was bro't before the Court, 
and accused of disobedience to orders and backwardness in the exe- 
cution of his duty, in the late action on Bunker's-Hill at Charles- 
town, on the 17th of June last. 

The prisoner being arraigned on the above complaint, pleads not 
guilty. 

The Court postponed the examination of the witnesses to Friday 
14th pf July, at eight of the clock, to which time the Court was 
adjourned. 

Friday, July 14th. The Court being met according to adjourn- 
ment ; present all the members as yesterday. 

Lieut. James Donnell deposed, about noon we marched to Lech- 
mere's-Point, where we remained one quarter of an hour. Going 
from the Point, Charlestown was set on fire. Whilst at the Point 
General Whitcomb ordered Colonel Scammans to march to the hill. 
The deponant understood the Hill meant was Bunker's-Hill. Col. 
Scammans then marched to a small hill, about a mile distant from 
Bunker's-Hill. Col. Scammans sent two Serjeants to Bunker's-Hill, 
to know if his regiment was wanted. We remained on the small 
hill three-quarters of an hour, during all which time there was a 
smart fire on Bunker's-Hill, from small arms and cannon. After 
three quarters of an hour we marched to the hither edge of Bunk- 
er's-Hill, where the shot flew very thick. Before we got to the top 
of the hill. Col. Scammans ordered a retreat ; immediately there 
was a general retreat of our regiment. Every one made the best of 
his way off. We were no time that day near enough to engage the 
enemy. The witness does not know any distinction between Bunk- 
er's- and Brewer's-Hill. \_Let it he observed^ that this and the fore- 
going deponent belonged to Old Yorh.'\ 



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The above comment was probably intended to have 
been inserted after the testimony of the next witness, 
and was probably put here by mistake. 

Ensign Joshua Trafton deposed, about two of the clock (after- 
noon) we marched from Cambridge to Lechmere's-Point, where we 
found Gen. Whitcomb who expressed much surprise at finding Col. 
Scammans take post there. We remained on the Point fifteen min- 
utes and then marched to a small hill below Prospect-Hill. We 
continued on the small hill about half an hour or more ; during 
which time Col. Scammans sent two Serjeants to Banker's-Hill, to 
know if his regiment was wanted. We took the nearest road to 
Bunker's-Hill, as I suppose ; and before we got to the top of the 
hill. Colonel ordered a retreat. I cannot say whether the breast- 
work was forced or not at that time. We saw many men retreating 
down the hill who said they had spent all their ammunition ; some 
told us that the enemy had retreated and begged us to push on. As 
we turned off the small hill, a regiment marched by us towards 
Bunker's-Hill. As we marched from Cambridge we heard the reg- 
ulars were landing at Lechmere's Point and at Charlestown. Col. 
Scammans made the greatest despatch from the small hill to Bunk- 
er's-Hill. I saw no other instance of backwardness in Colonel 
Scammans, except his long stay at the small hill, which appeared 
to me unnecessary. As we retreated a number of men advanced up 
in an irregular manner. 

Ensign Nathan Lord deposed, we Avere one quarter of an hour 
near Lechmere's Point ; we then marched to a small hill below 
Prospect-Hill, where we tarried a quarter of an hour, then marched 
to Bunker-Hill, the nearest way and with as much despatch as we 
could go. We staid 20 minutes on the small hill, whilst the fire 
continued on the further part of Bunker's Hill we got to the top of 
Bunker's-Hill; After Avhich Gen. Putnam came up, and ordered 
the regiment to advance, within hearing of Col. Scammans ; part of 
the regiment then advanced, but the deponent does not know if Col. 
Scammans was with them. I heard several persons, whom I took 
to be officers, order a retreat before Col. Scammans did. After we 
got over Charlestown Neck, going up Bunker's-Hill, Col. Scammans 
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cried, Come my Yorkshire lads, now let us show our bravery ; the 
deponent does not know the distinction between Bunker's and Brew- 
er's-Hill. 

Major Daniel Wood deposed, we marched from near Lechmere's- 
Point, to a small hill, nearly opposite to Prospect Hill, where Ave 
remained near three quarters of an hour, during most of the time, 
we were on that Hill, there was a smart fire on what I take to be 
the easterly part of Bunker's-Hill. \^Bemarks, That the Major 
could not say any more upon the case, for he ivas not so happy as 
to reach Bionlcer' s- Hill for the whole day.'] 

Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan deposed and said, we continued on the 
s mall hill half an hour ; some considerable part of the time we were 
there, there was a heavy fire from the further part of the liill in 
Charlestown. After we retreated, Col. Scammans encouraged the 
men to advance. The regiment was not near enough to engage the 
enemy. 

Capt. Philip Hubbard deposed, the reason of our going to Lech- 
mere's- Point was, because we met expresses, who told us the regu- 
lars were landing at that place ; when we got to Lechmere's-Point, 
Gen. Whitcomb told Col. Scammans, he had better go and watch 
the floating batteries, and then marched to the small hill, where we 
staid half an hour. As soon as Col. Scammans discovered Charles- 
town meeting-house on fire he marched the regiment with all 
possible dispatch, towards Bunker's-Hill, we met great number's 
retreating down. The confusion was so great before he got to the 
top of the hill, it was impossible to form. I saw nothing of irreso- 
lution or backwardness in Colonel Scammans anytime of the day. 

Lieut. Cuzons deposed, that at Lechmere's-Point, Gen. Whitcomb 
told Col. Scammans he had better go to that hill, meaning, as the 
deponent took it, the small hill, which they marched to, and watch 
the motions of the floating batteries. As soon as Colonel Scam- 
mans heard the firing of the small arms, at the hill in Charlestown, 
he said he would stay there no longer, and ordered the regiment to 
march for Bunker's-Hill, which he did. I know nothing of Col. 
Scamman's behaviour at Bunker's-Hill. 

Lieutenant Morgan Lewis deposed and said I saw nothing of cow- 
ardice or backwardness in Col. Scammans that day. 



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Lieut. Thomas Cutts in substance as Lieut. Lewis. 

Serjeant Aniaziah Goodwin agrees with Lieut. Cutts. 

Serjeant Samuel Goodale deposed, that General "Whitcomb or- 
dered Col. Scammans from Lechmere's-Point to take possession of 
the small hill, and watch the motions of the floating batteries ; I 
was sent by Col. Scammans to General Putnam, to know if his 
regiment was wanted ; and before I got back. Col. Scammans was 
on his march towards Bunkers'-Hill. I saw Colonel Scammans two- 
thirds of the way up the hill, but knew nothing of his conduct there. 

John Littlefield deposed, that as we marched down, we heard the 
regulars were landing at Lechmere's-Point. I know nothing of Col. 
Scamman's behaviour. 

Jonathan Love deposed and said, when we were upon Bunker's- 
Hill, an officer ordered us to retreat as the enemy had forced the 
entrenchment, after which Col. Scammans ordered us to retreat. 

Joseph Parsons, drummer, deposed and said, we were three-quar- 
ters of an hour on the little round hill, and the firing of the small 
arms lasted half-an-hoiu', when we marched off towards Bunker's- 
Hill. I know nothing of Col. Scammans's behaviour at Bunker's- 
Hill. 

The Court then called on Col. Scammans to make his defence, 
upon which the following evidence was produced : 

Capt. Jeremiah Hill deposed and said that down by the bridge 
near Lechmere's-Point we met Gen. Whitcomb, who told Col. 
Scammans that he was sufficient to guard that Point and told Col. 
Scammans that he had better go round to the little hill and watch 
their motions there, we accordingly went and stayed there half- 
an-hour. 

Col. John Whitcomb, who is styled by the foregoing deponents 
General, deposed and said, I met Col. Scammans with his regiment 
about fifty rods from Lechmere's-Point. I asked him what brought 
him there, he replied by asking me where he should go. I told 
him where he could do the most service. I am positive I never 
ordered him to the little hill, if my memory serves me, because 
men could be of no service in such a place except in the night. 

\^N. B. Colonel W/iitcomh then acted as a general officer., and as 
there was then no general officer that commanded on Bunker's-Hill,, 



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toas it not his duty to have been there ? We viay also observe, that 
he is positive if his memory served him, tvhich (by the deposition of 
others) did not.^ 

The Court then adjourned till Saturday morning, 8 o'clock. 

Saturday A. M. The Court met according to adjournment. 

Col. Scammans begged liberty to produce the four next witnesses, 
who were admitted and sworn accordingly. 

Henry Foss, drummer, deposed, that as we marched down Cam- 
bridge road, we met two men on horseback, who told us the regu- 
lars were landing at Lechmere-Point. We then marched very fast, 
towards the point where we met Gen. Whitcomb, who told Col. 
Scammans to go round to the hill, which hill I understood to mean 
the little round hill, we marched to. I was within ten feet of Gen- 
eral Whitcomb, when these orders were given. 

Ichabod Smith deposed and said I was about ten feet from Gen. 
Whitcomb, at Lechmere's-Point, when I heard him desire Colonel 
Scammans to march round, and observe the motions of the floating 
batteries which lay near the little hill. We marched to the little 
hill and continued there about twenty minutes. As soon as Col. 
Scammans found out where the firing of the small arms was, he 
immediately marched the regiment towards Bunker's-Hill, with the 
utmost dispatch. 

Samuel Hubbard deposed and said, I was within ten feet of Gen. 
Whitcomb, and heard him order Col. Scammans to go to the hill. 
But the deponent does not know what hill. I heard Colonel Scam- 
mans ask the General if he could go across the marsh, which was 
the nearest way to the little hill. Gen. Whitcomb replied, that he 
could not, but must go up, and round by the roads. 

Frethy Spencer agrees with Hubbard exactly, being close to him 
during the conversation between General Whitcomb and Col. 
Scammans. 

Adjutant Marsden was sworn at the desire of the complainants 
and deposed that we were three-quarters of an hour on the little 
hill and continued about twenty minutes after we heard of the firing 
on the hill in Charlestown. I went half-way up Bunker's hill with 
Col. Scammans when I left him and went to the breastwork, where 
I got before the enemy forced it ; the confusion was so great when 



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we got to Bunkei-'s-Hill we could not form the regiment. \_It is 
observable that the Adjutant would insinuate hy his deposition that the 
regiment arrived at Bunker's-Hill time enough to reinforce the breast- 
work before it loas forced by the enemy, but if the public will only 
consider that those regiments which tuere stationed only two miles dis- 
tance, did not arrive seasonable enough, and that the deponent had 
heretofore perjured himself by his desertion from the enemy, and by 
his common deportment discovers no regard to the Deity, his deposition 
will have but little weight with them.'\ 

The prisoner then made a few remarks on the evidence and 
withdrew. 

The Court being cleared, entered upon the examination of the 
evidence collectively, and after debate, adjourned to Monday 17th 
July, eight o'clock A. M. 

[Monday] July 17. The Court being met according to adjourn- 
ment, and resumed the consideration of the case of Col. Scammans, 
and have duly weighed the allegations and proofs brought against 
the prisoner with his defence and evidence, are of the opinion that 
the said Col. Scammans is not guilty of the charge brought against 
him. 

A true copy of the proceedings. 
Attest John Nixon, President. 

William Tudor, Judge Advocate. 

The above report is as published in the New Eng- 
land Chronicle or Essex Gazette in 1776, which was 
reprinted in The Historical Magazine, Volume III, 
Second Series, page 400, verbatim et Utei'atim. The 
remarks within the brackets, in italics, were inserted 
by Col. Scamman. What is printed in the testimony 
as Brewer's Hill evidently meant Breed's Hill, where 
the battle was fought. 

The Dr. Church letter referred to was the traitorous 
one dated July 23, 1775, which was published in the 
New England Chronicle or Essex Gazette Jeimmry 4, 



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1776 . What he said in referance to Col. Scamman was, 
when writing of the Americans defeat at Bunker Hill, 
"which together with the cowardice of the clumsy Col. 
Ge rrish and Col. Scamman were the lucky occasion of 
their (the Americans) defeat." The newspaper was 
published at Cambridge in 1776, by Ebenezer and 
Samuel Hall, Samuel retired and Ebenezer disposed 
of his interest before June of that year, he being 
succeeded by Edward Eveleth Powers and Nathaniel 
Willis. Dr. Benjamin Church was banished from the 
country a few months after the date of the letter for 
his treachery to the patriots of the early days of the 
Revolution. 

From one of the remarks made by Col. Scamman 
in the foregoing report it is quite evident that he 
expected unfavorable criticism from some of the offi- 
cers of his regiment, especially those from the town 
of York. He was not himself free from all appear- 
ances of enmity toward them. The reason for the 
feeling of the York officers was probably the fact that 
Scamman did not withdraw from the colonelcy at the 
formation of the regiment. Then perhaps Scamman 
may have been favorable for Scammell to have been 
the major, instead of Wood, as James Sullivan, who 
recommended Scammell, was from the same locality 
as Col. Scamman, whose remark in the report shows 
ill-feeling against Major Wood. Probably this feeling 
may have had some influence in preventing Scamman 
from obtaining another commission to command a reg- 
iment. Most of the other officers were again commis- 
sioned in the army. 



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Henry Dearborn, who was a captain in Stark's reg- 
iment, in the battle of Bunker Hill, wrote, in 1818, of 
the battle : — 

Nothing like discipline had entered at that time. No general 
officer except Putnam appeared in sight, nor did any officer assume 
command, undertake to form the troops, or give any orders that I 
heard except Col. Stark, who directed his regiment to reserve their 
fire on the retreat of the enemy until they advanced again. Every 
platoon officer was engaged in discharging his own musket and left 
his men to fire as they pleased, but never without a sure aim at 
some particular object, which was more destructive than any mode 
which could have been adopted with troops who were not inured to 
discipline and never had been in battle, but were still familiar with 
the use of arms from boyhood, and each having his peculiar man- 
ner of loading and firing, which had been practised upon for years 
with the same gun ; any attempt to control them by uniformity and 
system, would have rendered their fires infinitely less fatal to the 
enemy. Not an officer or soldier of the Continental troops engaged 
was in uniform, but were in the plain and ordinary dress of citizens, 
nor was there an officer on horseback. 

Frothin«^ham's table of the American losses in the 
battle of Bunker Hill gives two men wounded in Col. 
Scamman's regiment, when and where is not stated, 
but probably it was when tliey marclied up Bunker's 
Hill in their advance toward the battlefield. 

Gen. Washington took command of the army at 
Cambridge, July 3, and the following is an extract 
from his order organizing the regiments into an army. 

Headquarters, Cambridge, July 22, 1775. 

Regularity and due subordination being so essentially necessary 

to the good order and government of an army, and without it the 

Avhole must soon become a scene of disorder and confusion. The 

general finds it indispensably necessary, without waiting any longer 



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for despatches from the general Contiuental Congress, immediately 
to form the army into three grand divisions, and of dividing each of 
those grand divisions into two brigades. 

According to the above order the army was organ- 
ized into six brigades, and they into three divisions. 
Col. Scamman's reariment was assiu;ned to Gen. William 
Heath's brigade, which was assigned to Gen. Israel Put- 
nam's division, which formed the center of the army. 
The regiment was stationed at Cambridge, and manned 
Fort No. 1, and the redoubt on the flank of Fort No. 
2, where Col. Edmund Phinney's 30th Regiment of 
Foot, which was in the same brigade, was stationed. 
Fort No. 1 was on the Charles River, in Cambridge, 
and was south of Fort No. 2 and Cambridge Village. 
Cambridge Common was the grand parade ground of 
the army. On July 10, the aggregate strength of the 
troops in Cambridge was a little over eight thousand. 

In those days the soldiers' guns were not stacked 
but were rested on wooden horses for the purpose, 
and in wet weather were taken into their quarters. 
Offenders against military law were generally punished 
by lashes on the naked back, the number given being 
according to the crime committed. Incorrigible 
offenders were drummed out of camp. There was no 
attempt made for the uniformity of the clothing of 
the army until the coats were issued in the fall ol 
1775. The undyed cloth coats, with facings of the 
same material, that had pewter buttons with the num- 
ber of the regiment upon them, are what the " Coat 
Rolls," so often mentioned in the records of the Rev- 
olutionary soldiers of 1775, have reference to. Those 



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coats were furnished the army in the fall of 1775. If 
a soldier had a coat suitable to keep him comfortable 
he was not required to take the one from the govern- 
ment, but was allowed to draw twenty-five shillings 
from the treasury instead. 

To distinguish the rank of the officers, an order was 
issued to the artny about Boston, as early as July 23, 
1775, for the officers to w^ear the followmg marks : — 
Field officer — Red or pink cockades on their hats. 
Captains — Yellow or buff on their hats. Subalterns 
— Green on their hats. Sergeants — Stripes of red 
cloth sewed on the right shoulder. Corporals — 
Stripe of green on the right shoulder. 

On November 4, 1775, Congress voted that the cloth 
for the army should be dyed brown, and the distinc- 
tion of the regiments was to be made in the facings. 
The idea was that the soldiers should wear waistcoats, 
knee breeches, and stockings which were covered with 
leggins in winter, haversacks made of duck, and 
wooden canteens. Each man was to carry a toma- 
hawk. The poverty of the colonies prevented the 
uniforming of the army until the latter end of the 
war. Most of the soldiers were thankful for any kind 
of comfortable clothing. 

The Committee of Safety at Cambridge voted, July 
7, 1775, '•' that it be and is hereby recommended to 
his Excellency General Washington that an order be 
issued to suppress retailers of spirituous liquors within 
or near the camps in such manner as to him seems 
meet." This was done because a number of soldiers 
had been " observed to be much disguised with 



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spirituous liquors." They said effectual measures 
should be taken to put a stop to this, as •' not only 
the morals and health, but also the lives and liberties 
of this people will be endangered." 

In the journal of the Committee of Safety of the 
Provincial Congress, is the following record of the 
delivery of guns to Col. Scamman's regiment, June 
30, 1775: — 

Fifty-one small arms were delivered Col. James Scamman, for 
the use of his regiment, amounting, as by appraisement, to ninety- 
seven pounds eighteen shillings and eight pence, for which guns a 
receipt was taken in the minute book. 

July 7, 1775, forty more were delivered, which were 
valued at seventj^-four pounds thirteen shillings and 
four pence. 

Th e following was the formation of Col- Scamman's 
regiment on the first of August : — 

The Roster of Col. James Scamman's 30th Eegiment of Foot 
AT Cambridge, 1775. 

Colonel, James Scamman, Pepperrellboro (Saco) 

Lieut. Col., Johnson Moulton, York 

Major, Daniel Wood, Berwick 

Adjt., George Marsden, Londonderry 

Chaplain, Jacob Foster, Berwick 

Quartermaster, Samuel Nasson, York 

Surgeon, John Crocker, Richmond 

Surgeon's Mate, Jacob Baron, Plymouth 
Total, 8 men. 

CAPT. SAMUEL DARBy'S COMPANY. 

Captain, Samuel Darby, York 

Lieutenant, James Donnell, " 

Ensign, Joshua Trafton, " 

Total, 66 men. 



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Kittery 



Wells 



CAPT. TOBIAS FERNALD'S COMPANY. 

Captain, Tobias Fernald, Kittery 

Lieutenant, Thomas Cutts, " 

Ensign, Parker Foster, " 

Total, 59 men. 

CAPT. EBENEZER SULLIVAn's COMPANT. 

Captain, Ebenezer Sullivan, Berwick 

1st Lieut., Thomas Butler, '' 

2d Lieut., Nathan Lord, 5th, " 

Total, 64 men. 

CAPT. SAMUEL LEIGHTOK'S COMPANY. 

Captain, Samuel Leighton, 

Lieutenant, William Fernald, 

Ensign, William Frost, 

Total, 47 men. 

CAPT. SAMUEL SAWYER's COMPANY. 

Captain, Samuel Sawyer, 

1st Lieut., William Cossens, 

2d Lieut., Jeremiah Littlefield, 

Total, 66 men. 

CAPT. JEREMIAH HILL's COMPANY. 

Captain, Jeremiah Hill, 

Lieutenant, Samuel Merrill, 

Ensign, Peter Page, 

Total, 60 men. 

CAPT. JOSHUA BRAGDON'S COMPANY. 

Captain, Joshua Bragdon, 

Lieutenant, Morgan Lewis, 

Ensign, Moses Sweet, " 

Total, 57 men. 

CAPT. PHILIP Hubbard's company. 
Captain, Philip Hubbard, Berwick 

1st Lieut., Jedidiah Goodwin, " 

2d Lieut., James Roberts, " 

Total, 64 men. 



Biddeford 

Buxton 

Pepperrellboro 



Wells 
Sanford 



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CAPT. JONATHAN NOWELL S COMPANY. 

Captain, Jonathan No well, 

Lieutenant, Thomas Nowell, 

Ensign, Edwai'd Low, 

Total, 50 men. 

CAPT. JESSE DORMAn's COMPANY. 

Captain, Jesse Dorman, 

Lieutenant, Daniel Merrill, 

Ensign, Jacob Curtis, 

Total, 60 men. 

SUMMARY. 

Field and Staff Officers, 

Capt. Samuel Darby's Company, 

" Tobias Fernald's " 

" Ebenezer Sullivan's " 

" Samuel Leighton's " 

" Samuel Sawyer's " 

" Jeremiah Hill's " 

" Joshua Bragdon's " 

" Philip Hubbard's " 

" Jonathan Nowell's " 

" Jesse Dorman's " 

Total, 



York 



Arundel 



8 


men 


66 




59 




64 




47 




66 




60 




57 




64 




50 




60 





601 



The service of Col. Scamman's regiment at Cam- 
bridge, after the arrival of Gen. Washington, was not 
an eventful one. There were no battles. The firing 
between the lines was desultory, and the encounters 
with the enemy were in the nature of skirmishes. 
The American array was in a destitute condition to 
maintain the siege of Boston, and confront the British 
regulars. Washington, realizing his weakness, only 
hoped that the British would not make an attack on 



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his lines until they could be strengthened, but from 
what source help was to come he then could not tell. 
As this regiment whs In the same brigade with Col. 
Edmund Phinney's 30th Regiment of Foot, the details 
in their history, in relation to the events from day to 
day, are equally as interesting in the service of these 
men, for their service was the same. 

Col. Scamman's regiment served until December 31, 
1775, and that army is known as the eight month ser- 
vice men at Cambridge, in 1775. Col. Scamman re- 
turned home at the expiration of his term of service, 
but most of the other commissioned officers reenlisted 
January 1, 1776, in the Continental army, for that 
year, in Col. Phinney's 18th Continental and Col. 
Prescott's 7th Continental regiments, while others 
joined different companies in the service of the colony. 
Probably nearly all of the men of Scamman's regi- 
ment e ntered the service again sometime during the 
struggle for our independence. 

Col. Scamman's regiment did its duty. The misfor- 
tunes at the battle of Bunker Hill were something 
that might be liable to happen to any regiment simi- 
larly situated, at such a time, in an army without a 
commander and little organization and with no disci- 
pline, as now understood. No insinuation has ever 
been made that the men of this regiment were any- 
thing but brave patriots of the Revolution. In the 
subsequent campaigns they showed their gallantry, 
and the records of these sons of York are found in the 
histories of all the important battles of the Revolu- 
tionary War. Maine cherishes their memory. 



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Old York County has an enviable war record. In 
the early Indian wars, her sons, with her Major Charles 
Frost, and others, drove back their savage enemies. 
They were at Louisburg, with their own Pepperell, in 
1745 ; at Ticonderoga, with Abercrombie and Lord 
Howe in 1758; through the seige of Boston with 
Washington ; in the battles of Long Island, Hubbard- 
ton, Stillwater and Saratoga, and witnessed the sur- 
render of Burgoyne's array. They spent that winter 
at Valley Forge, and were at Monmouth, Quaker Hill, 
and other battles, following the fortunes of the army, 
and saw the surrender at Yorktown in 1781. Since 
we became a nation they have never been found want- 
ing in their devotion to their country. It has been 
the same with our whole state. Our troops in the 
Rebellion were the peer of any in the army. One of 
our regiments was engaged in the greatest number of 
battles and another had the highest percentage of loss 
in a single battle. In the late Spanish war no more 
earnest and willing soldiers left any state. They 
begged to be put in the forefront of the battle where 
would be the greatest danger. They were of our best, 
and left their homes and vocations without a murmur, 
to battle for the liberty of an oppressed people, that 
they might enjoy with us the blessing of liberty. 
The history of the sons of Maine is something for us 
to be proud of. 

The following muster rolls, taken from the originals 
in the Archives of Massachusetts, give the names of 
the men who composed Col. Scamman's regiment, 
August 1, 1775. 



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A Muster Koll of the Field & Staff Officers Commanded by Col. 
James Scammans from the Day of Engagement to the ist Day of 
August, 1775. 









Enlisted . 








1775 


James Scamons, 


Col., 


Pepperrellboro, 


April 26 


Johnson Moulton, 


, Lt. Col., 


York, 


May 2 


Daniel Wood, 


Major, 


Berwick, 


(( 


George Marsden, 


Adjnt., 


Londonderry, 


April 29 


Jacob Foster, 


Chaplain, 


Berwick, 


May 3 


Samuel Nasson, 


Qt Master, 


York, 


" 2 


John Crocker, 


Surgeon, 


Richmond, 


" 13 


Jacob Baron, 


Surg'n's Mate. 


, Plymouth, 


June 3 



Original Roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XXVI, page 251. 

Col. James Scamman was born in Saco, March 16, 
1742, and was the son of James Scamman, who was 
born August 1, 1721, and died in 1753. His mother 
was married in 1741, and she was Hannah Plaisted, 
a daughter of Col. Elisha and Hannah (Wheelwright) 
Plaisted, and was born at Berwick, May 20, 1725. 
She married (2) July 4, 1754, Major Ebenezer Ayer 
from Haverhill, and had by him six children. By 
James Scamman she had two sons and three 
daughters, 

Col. Scamman married about 1761, Hannah Page, a 
daughter of Joshua and Hannah (D us tin) Page, who 
was born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, February 
20, 1742, and died at Saco, January 24, 1821. She 
was a great granddaughter of the famous Hannah 
Dustin of Haverhill, Massachusetts. They had the 
following children : — 

1. James, born January 30, 1763 ; married December 20, 1785, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Fairfield, and had two sons. He 



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died October 4, 1789, and his widow married May 19, 1793, John 
Storer of Wells, and had four daughters. 

2. Daniel, sea captain, born December 12, 1764; married Sep- 
tember 10, 1790, Sarah Nason, who had one son and one daughter ; 
both died unmarried. His widow married (2) May 18, 1796, 
Ichabod, son of Rev. John Fairfield, and had seven children, the 
oldest being Gov. John Fairfield of Maine. Daniel Scamman died 
at Demerara of yellow fever April 25, 1795. 

3. Nathaniel, sea captain, born March 3, 1767 ; married in 
Scarboro, February 19, 1795, Abigail, daughter of Solomon Burn- 
ham, but had no children. He died March 23, 1810, aged 43 years. 
His widow married (2) January 3, 1811, Shubal Woodman and 
died February 27, 1853. 

4. Sarah Andrews, born October 16, 1768 ; married August 2, 
1789, Foxwell Cutts, a son of Col. Thomas and Elizabeth (Scam- 
man) Cutts, and died August 1, 1806. She had no children. 

5. William, born September 17, 1770, and died January 2, 
1788. In Rev. John Fairfield's dairy under date of March 23, 
1788, he says : " call"^ between meetings to Col^ Scammans, he at 
Boston — had news of ye death of his Son W"^ fr. W. Indies — on B<^ 
his Schooner, Nathl. Commander." 

The Scamman pedigree was Humphrey^, Capt. Humphrey^, 
James^, Col. James*. 

It is thought Col. Scamman early went to Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts, as he was of that place July 9, 
1764. In the Biddeford town records is the follow- 
ing :— 

This Indenture of Agreement made & concluded upon 7th of 
Jan. A. D., 1771 by & between Jas. Scamman & Nathl Scamman 
witnesseth — That whereas the said Jas. Scamman & Nathl Scam- 
man have sold sundry goods from the 2^^ day of Ap. last to this 
7th day of Jan. aforesaid it is agreed by the said Jas. & Nathl. that 
they do enter into joint Partnership from said date & do mutually 
agree to make & discharge all debts in equal halves until they 
agree to dissolve said Partnership, that it is to be understood the 



said James & Nathl are jointly concerned in all the trade they 
may carry on together in Pep** (now Saco) & not to extend to any 
trade or business the said Jas. does or may carry on in Haverhill 
where the said James now dwells — it is further agreed that if the 
said Jas does not remove to Pepo the next Spring ensuing to assist 
the said Nathl in carrying on said trade as aforesaid then the said 
Jas. does agree to allow the said Nathl annually for his services 
in doing the whole of said business — to the time &c &c. 

The above indicates that James Scamman came to 
Saco about 1772, and was on the Committee of Cor- 
respondence there November 9, 1774, also in 1782. 
After the war service in 1775 he is thought to have 
returned to Pepperrellboro and entered into trade, 
again with his brother, Nathaniel. He was a represen- 
tative from Saco in 1781-83, and 1787. From 1790 to 
1796 he lived at Buxton, where he was engaged in trade, 
but returned to Saco, where he died October 11, 1804, 
aged sixty-two years. The following was his epitaph, 
written by the Hon. Cyrus King : — 

A man of infinite jest ; of most excellent fancy. 

This stone to strangers may impart, 
The place where Scamman lies ; 

But every friend consults his heart, 
For there he never dies. 

Col. James Scamman enlisted April 26, 1775, with, 
no doubt, the distinct understanding that if he suc- 
ceeded in raising a full regiment, he should be com- 
missioned its colonel. That there was strong opposi- 
tion to him there is no question, but there seems to 
have been no fault with his personal character, and he 
is spoken highly of by those among whom he lived 
3 



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Folsom, in the History of Saco, said " he was well 
fitted to shine in the military profession ; possessing 
vigor of mind and body, and a gaiety of temper which 
secured the good-will and attachment of all such as 
were under his command. We have been assured by 
persons who served with him that his bravery could 
not be justly questioned, and yet a misdirection of his 
regiment on the memorable 17th of June has been 
made the occasion of reproach." Then he said : 
"Attempts were, however, made to injure his reputa- 
tion by individuals who aspired to his commission, 
«&c." 

Col. Scamman, after the expiration of his term of 
service, returned to private life, but he felt keenly the 
injustice done him. When the three years' regiments 
were being formed, in the fall of 1776, he applied for 
permission to raise one of them with which he might 
vindicate himself before his countrymen. The follow- 
ing is a copy of his original petition to the General 
Court: — 

' ' To The Honorable the Council and House of Representatives of 
the State of the Massachusetts Bay — 

Humbly shews James Scamman that whereas his conduct has 
been called in question respecting the'Battle of Charlestown in June 
1775 wherein the Disposition made was such as could render but 
Little prospect of success and he being willing to shew his Country 
that he is ready at all Times to risque his Fortune and Life in de- 
fence of it would readily engage again m the service thereof and 
begs leave to inform your Honours that he has no doubt that he can 
raise a Regiment immediately for the service of the Continent and 
therefore prays to be indulged with a Commission for that purpose 
and this he does not with a view to any emolument but for to take 



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off any objection now resting in the mind of any of his Country- 
men against him — & he will ever pray &c 

James Scamman 

Pepperrelboro 

Nov 14th 1776. 

The original is in the Massachusetts Archives. The 
petition was written by some other person, but signed 
by Col. Scamman. 

The above application shows no lack of spirit or pa- 
triotism. The question suggested to the minds of 
his countrymen is whether it might not have been better 
for the regiment and himself had he consented to have 
been the lieutenant colonel, as he was asked to be at 
the time, instead of the colonel in the face of such op- 
position. 

Col. James Scamman was deputy adjutant general 
on the staff of Maj. Gen. Goodwin in the militia, in 
1788, and several years after. He was a successful 
man in business and left considerable property to his 
heirs. His name is one that will always be connected 
with the history of those times in Maine, and will 
receive the reverence it justly deserves. 

Lieut. Col. Johnson Moulton of York was a captain 
in the French and Indian war, and at the reception 
of the news from Lexington raised a company in his 
town, which was into New Hampshire before the next 
night, armed and equipped. This was the first com- 
pany out of the province of Maine in the Revolution. 
He enlisted May 2, 1775, and was appointed lieuten- 
ant colonel of Col. Scamman's regiment, although he 
had received the recommendation of the militia officers 



36 

of York County for the colonelcy. His commission 
was dated May 29, 1775. After his services in this 
regiment, he was the lieutenant colonel of Col. Wil- 
liam Prescott's (he of Bunker Hill fame) 7th Conti- 
nental regiment, in 1776, serving through the seige of 
Boston, and then joined Gen. Nixon's brigade in Gen. 
Nathaniel Greene's division, and took part in the Long 
Island campaign. After the war he was the sheriff of 
York County and served several years. 

Lieut. Col. Moulton was the son of Ebenezer Moul- 
ton of York, where he was probably born. His first 
wife died August 4, 1782, her name and age to me un- 
known. He married for his second wife Mary Bragdon 
(intention October 11, 1783), who died December 23, 
1794. He died June 13, 1793, and left children, 
Johnson, jr., Elizabeth Woodbridge and Mary. 

Johnson Moulton made a will October 11, 1791, and 
said, " being weak in body and not knowing how few 
days remains to me in this world " &c, &c. Among the 
articles that appear on the inventory of his estate were 
a " gun and bayonet, 1 pair pistols, 1 pair spurrs, 1 
pair old ditto, a hanger (sword), and an espontoon," 
a kind of halberd or pick used in the British army. 
Col. Moulton's name should be revered in the town 
whose Revolutionary history he aided so much in 
making illustrious. 

Major Daniel Wood enlisted from Berwick, May 2, 
1775, and is said to have raised the company that was 
commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan. He served 
in Scamman's regiment in 1775, and, January 1, 1776, 



37 

joined Col. Loammi Baldwin's 26th Continental regi- 
ment and served through that year. He served 
through the seige of Boston and was in the Long 
Island campaign in Gen. James Clinton's brigade, in 
Gen. Putnam's division. 

Major Wood was living in Shapleigh, in 1793, where 
he made a will in 1811, which was probated in Sep- 
tember, 1819, in which he mentions his wife, Mary, 
and children, Daniel, jr., his executor, Job, Enoch and 
Elias, who had died. 

Adjt. George Marsden of Londonderry was, accord- 
ing to a remark of Col. Scamman, a deserter from 
the British army. He enlisted in this regiment, April 
29, 1775, and served through the year. January 1, 
1776, he enlisted in the same capacity in Col. William 
Prescott's 7th Continental regiment, serving until their 
term expired. He became first lieutenant in Col. 
Henry Shurburne's Additional Continental regiment 
October 1, 1777, and resigned, August 10, 1778. 

Chaplain Jacob Foster of Berwick, where he was 
ordained in 1757, and preached twenty-one years, en- 
listed as the chaplain of this regiment, May 3, 1775, 
and served through the year. He joined Col. Edmund 
Phinney's 18th Continental regiment, January 1, 1776, 
and resigned, February 28, 1776. 

Quartermaster Samuel Nasson of York enlisted, May 
2, 1775, in this regiment and was an ensign and quar- 
termaster in Col. William Prescott's 7th Continental 
regiment from January 1 until December 31, 1776. 
He served through the siege of Boston and took part 



38 

in the Long Island campaign. He was the town clerk 
and a selectman of Sanford for several years. 

Samuel Nasson married, first, Mary Shores, daugh- 
ter of Peter, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and 
second, Joanna, widow of Jotham Moulton, March 3, 
1778. He moved to Sanford after his second mar- 
riage, where, it is said, he had four children. He had, 
at least, Samuel, born October 12, 1760, died young; 
G. Hodgkins and Samuel, twins, born October 15, 
1761 ; Peter, born April 15, 1766 ; William, born 
August 15, 1767 ; Susannah, born November 6, 1768, 
these by first wife and there were probably others. It 
is said he died in Ballston Spa, New York, in 1800, 
where he went for his health. 

Surgeon John Crocker of Richmond enlisted May 
13, 1775, in this regiment, and was also the surgeon of 
the brigantine Hazard, commanded by John Foster 
Williams, having been commissioned June 29, 1778, 
and was discharged April 20, 1779. As early as May 
7, 1775, the Committee of Safety recommended to the 
Provincial Congress to allow the colonel of each regi- 
ment to nominate the surgeon, and he his mate, unless 
there were some material objections made against 
them. 

Surgeon's mate, Jacob Baron, of Plymouth, joined 
this regiment, June 3, 1775, and was probably the 
same person who was the surgeon of the brig Free- 
dom, commanded by Capt. John Clouston. He was 
commissioned September 4, 1777, and was captured 
by the British and exchanged for Dr. Joseph Mills of 



39 

the ship Maesgwin, on a list of prisoners, dated 
February 24, 1778. 

Capt. Samuel Darby's Company. 

Capt. Samuel Darby of York, afterwards called 
Derby, was the first lieutenant of Capt. Johnson 
Moulton's York company, enlisting April 21, 1775, 
which was the first out of the j)rovince of Maine in 
the Revolutionary war, and served four days. On his 
return he raised this company, enlisting May 2, 1775, 
and served through that year. He was a captain in 
Col. William Prescott's 7th Continental regiment in 

1776, serving through the siege of Boston, and took 
part in the Long Island campaign. On January 1, 

1777, he joined Col. John Bailey's 2d Massachusetts 
regiment, and spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley 
Forge. He was commissioned major in Col. Ichabod 
Alden'S; afterwards Lieut. Col. John Brook's 7th Massa- 
chusetts regiment, November 1, 1778. Col. Alden 
was killed in the Cherry Valley massacre, in Novem- 
ber, 1778. Afterward he served in Col. Michael Jack- 
son's 8th Massachusetts regiment and served to the 
end of the war on the Hudson River, near Peekskill 
and West Point. He acted at one time as brigade in- 
spector and was on furlough by Gen. McDougall from 
December 3, 1781, to March 1, 1782. His record is a 
certificate of his gallantry. 

Major Darby died intestate, in 1807, and Reuben 
Derby was appointed administrator July 7, 1807. His 
wife's name was Mary. 



40 







Enlisted, 


all 1775. 


Capt., 


York, 


May 


2 


Lieut., 


(( 


" 


2 


Ensign, 


(( 


II 


2 


Sergt.. 


Barwick, 


u 


3 


" 


Y(3rk, 


" 


4 


(( 


(( 


(1 


3 


u 


(( 


u 


3 


Corp. 


(( 


11 


3 


u 


(( 


II 


3 



Drummer 

Fifer 



"A Muster Roll of the Company under the Command of Captain 
Samuel Darby in Colonel James Scamman's Regiment to the first of 
August, 1775." 



Samuel Darby, 
James Dunnell, 
Joshua Trafton, 
Joshua Grant, 
Abrahain Pray, 
John Kingsbury, 
Benjamin Lee, 
John Tinney, 
Jotham Webber, 
John McCasline, 
Jotham Donell, 
Joseph Parsons, 
Willm Conway, 

Privates. 
James Austing, 
John Beal, 
Stephen Baker, 
Arthur Bridges, 
Joshua Bridges, 
Samuel Baker, 
Daniel Bain, 
Nehemiah Booker, 
Edmund Bridges, 
Mathies Bail, 
Obediali Donell, 
David Davis, 
James Dempsy, 
Richd Dean, 
James Fitzgerald, 
Rubin Freeman, 
Jonathan Farnum, 
Daniel Grant, 
Peter McGee, 
Jesper Grant, 
Cornelius Hill, 
Elikam Hilton, 
Thomas Horn, 
Daniel Lunt, 



(1 




4 


l( 




4 


<( 




4 


(i 




4 


tl 




4 


(1 




4 


(( 




g 


(( 




4 


II 




4 


(1 


July 


21 


(( 


May 


4 


II 




4 


l< 




4 


tl 




4 


(( 




4 


(1 

<! 




b 

4 


11 




3 


Georgetown, 




5 


York, 




5 


" 




3 


(1 




4 


It 




4 


11 




4 



Georgetown, 


" 


5 


York, 


" 


3 


(( 


i( 


4 


(( 


u 


3 


.1 


(( 


o 


(< 


" 


3 


K 


" 


5 


U 


11 


5 


(( 


" 


3 


(( 


11 


4 


(( 


" 


4 


(( 


11 


4 


(( 


11 


5 


(( 


" 


5 


(( 




4 


t( 


" 


5 


c( 




4 


(k 


" 


4 



41 

Joshua McLucas, York, May 

Theodor Lovejoy, " " 

Tarrance McMehone, 

Josiah Moore, 

Ephriam Moore, 

Kichard Morris, 

Amos Maine, 

Peter ISTowill, 

Shubal Nasson, 

Paul Nowell, 

Spencer Pirkins, 

Jeddieh Pribble, 

David Pribble, 

Edwd Pribble, 

Nathaniel Ramsdell, 

Joseph Standley, 

John Sutton, 

William Sergeant, 

William Simpson, 

William Worster, 

Eliphet Trafton, . " "4 

Daniel Webber, " "4 

Samuel Welsh, " "3 

John Young, " " 3 

Seasor, a Negro, " "3 

Josiah Parsons, " "3 

John Davis, " "3 

James Sellars, " "3 

Jeremiah Holt, " "3 

Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XIV., page 74. Total, 66 men. All supplied them- 
selves with guns and equipments. Those from York 
were allowed 80 miles travel and Georgetown 180. 

Capt. Tobias Fernald's Company. 

Capt. Tobias Fernald of Kittery was the son of 
Tobias Fernald, and was born February 1, 1744 ; mar- 
ried, in 1780, Dorcas Mclntire of York, Maine, and 
had two daughters, Harriet and Julia. His widow 



42 

married Capt. Richard Rogers of Kittery, a Revolu- 
tionary soldier. He died August 15, 1784, aged forty 
years. 

Capt. Fernald enlisted in Scamman's regiment May 
3, 1775, and was commissioned June 2. He entered 
Col. Phinney's 18tli Continental regiment January 1, 
1776, and served until November 6, 1776, when he 
was appointed major of Col. Samuel Brewer's 12th 
Massachusetts regiment, promoted to lieutenant-colo- 
nel of Col. Michael Jackson's 8th Massachusetts reg- 
iment, March 6, 1779, transferred to Col. Thomas 
Marshall's 10th Massachusetts regiment January 1, 
1781, and retired January 1, 1783. He lived on land 
now occupied by the navy yard at Kittery. 

Capt. Tobias Fernald's regiments served through 
the siege of Boston, reenforced the Northern army in 
the fall of 1776, and was at Stillwater and Saratoga, 
witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne's army, spent 
the winter at Valley Forge, where he signed the oath 
of allegiance, and fought in the battle of Monmouth. 
The balance of his service was probably spent on the 
Hudson River. 



"A Muster Roll of the Company under the Command of Captain 
Tobias Fernald in Colonel James Scamman's Regiment to the first of 
August 1775." 

Enlisted, all 1775. 
Kittery, May 3 

" 3 
" 12 
" 3 
" 3 
" 12 
" 16 



Tobias Fernald, 


Capt., 


Thomas Cutts, 


Lieut., 


Parker Foster, 


Ensign, 


John Chase, 


Sergt., 


Nathan Coffin, 


" 


Thomas H. Lewis, 


u 


John Pray, 


u 



43 



William Cole, 
Noah Cutts, 
Timothy Eemmick, 
Benjamin Akerman, 
James Mclntire, 
Jeremh Grover, 



Corp., 



Kittery, 



May 3 



(( 


Portsmouth, 


" 15 


Drummei 


, Boston, 


July 3 


Fifer, 


York, 


" 23 



Privates. 
Soloman Staple, 
Josiah Brooks, 
Charles Fernald, 
Joseph Beal, 
John Kelley, 
Samuel Brooks, 
Cato Black, 
Elisha Hamman, 
James Fernald, 
Isaac Moore, 
John Stacy, 
George Fernald, 
Enoch Davis, 
William Wherren, 
David Rogers, 
William Brooks, 
Andrew^ Lydstone, 
William Welch, 
Amos Paul, 
John Caverly, 
Nathaniel Staple, 
Peletiah Hanscom, 
Lawrence Ellis, 
Benjamin Fernald, 
Thomas Spoaksfield, 
Natlil Hooper, 
Joseph Fernald, 
John Main, 
Moses Willson, 
John Smart, 
Joseph M. Fitsgerl, 
Eubin Spinney, 
Simon Libby, 
Ebenezer Clarke, 



Kittery, 



May 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

•' 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

" 8 
" 24 

" 8 



Portsmouth, 


" 


8 


Kittery, 


11 
11 


8 
8 


u 


11 


11 


(( 


(I 


3 




11 

11 
11 


12 
13 
13 


York, 


tc 


13 


Kittery, 


11 


14 


(( 


11 


14 


Portsmouth, 


11 


15 


Kittery, 


11 


15 


ii 


June 


11 


Pepperrelboro, 


" 


11 



Kittery, 


" 23 


" 


" 23 


Portsmouth, 


July 2 


Kittery, 


" 2 


(( 


" 2 


(( 


" 2 


Portsmouth, 


" 2 


Tork, 


" 2 


Kittery, 


May 22 


(( 


" 22 


(1 


" 22 


Tobias Fernald, Capt. 



44 



Phillip Davis, Durham (N. H.), June 18 

Moses Amee, 

Daniel Dell, 

John Grunnison, 

Noah Hutchins, 

James C. Benson, 

George Spinney, 

Abraham Senter, 

Daniel Pribble, 

Rubin Hanscom, 

Thomas Knight, 

Isaac Staple, 



Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XIV, page 90. Total, 59 men. Those from Kittery 
were allowed 70 miles travel, Portsmouth 65, York 73 
and 74, and Pepperrellboro 110. All had guns and 
cartridge boxes, but six had bayonets, which they sup- 
plied themselves. 

Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan's Company. 

Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan, of Berwick, was commis- 
sioned June 2, 1775. It is said that he was in the 
Northern army in 1776, and later served in Rhode 
Island, rising to the rank of major, also that at one 
time he was a prisoner of war. He was an aide-de- 
camp to Maj.-Gen. Goodwin in the militia in 1788 and 
1792. It is stated that he commanded a company 
against the Indians in the West. 

Capt. Sullivan was the son of Master John Sullivan, 
of Berwick, and a brother to Benjamin, Gen. John, 
Gov. James and Capt. Daniel Sullivan. He had a 
sister Mary, who married Theophilus Hardy, and had 
a distinguished posterity. He was at Berwick in 1795 
and was a justice of peace. Willis says, "He was one 



45 



of the earliest lawyers in Berwick, and the only one 
there for several years. His inordinate use of ardent 
spirit diminished his practise, and he left the state, 
went to New York city, where he died shortly after." 
A man who knew Ebenezer Sullivan said, " He was a 
man of a very fine frame and figure, straight, and 
about six feet high, and his walk, looks, speech, and 
every motion of him were indications of being an 
active, energetic military commander." 

"A Muster Roll of the Company under the Command of Capt. Eben- 
ezer Sullivan in Colonel James Scamman's Regiment to the first of 
August 1775." 

All enlisted May 5, 1775, unless otherwise specified. 



Ebenezer Sullivan, 


Capt., 


Berwick 


Thomas Butler, 


1st Lieut., 


" 


Nathan Lord, 5th, 


2d 


u 


Richard Yeaton, 


Sergt., 


Somersworth 


Thomas Hardison, 


u 


Berwick 


Eliphalet Jones, 


(( 


(( 


Daniel Grant, 


(t 


K 


Simeon Chadbourn, 


Corp., 


(( 


Wentworth Lord, 


(1 


(( 


John Scates, 


(C 


(( 


Stephen Frost, 


!,(. 


U 


Noah Goodwin, 


Drummer, 


Soiitiersworth 


Philip Worster 


Fifer, 


Berwick 


Privates. 






John Abbot, 




Berwick 


Elisha Andros, 




(( 


John Bracket, 




(( 


Joseph Bracket, 




(( 


John Butler, 




(C 


James Butler, 




(( 


Francis Brock, 




(( 


Scamman Chadbourn, 




(i 


William Chadbourn, 




(( 


David Cook, 




Lebanon 


Daniel Cook, 




(1 



46 



David Farnham, 
Caleb Frost, 
Jacob Cliadwick, 
Ephriam Goodwin, 
Abraham Hodsdon, 
James Hamilton, 
John Hardison, 
Stephen Hardison, 
Benjamin Guptil, 
Samuel Jones, 
John Jearaes, 
Nathan Libby, 
Jeremiah Libby, 
Stephen Nock, 
Nicholas Nock, 
James Nock, 
Zachariah Nock, 
Joshua Quint, 
Samuel Pray, 
William Pierce, 
Love Roberts, 
John^Rankins, 
Jeremiah Roberts, 
George Ricker, 
Thomas Rines, 

Gabril St e, 

Mark Tate, 
John Witherwell, 
James Whitehouse, 
Miles Thompson, 
Miles Ford, ' 
Nathan Lord, 
Enoch Whitehouse, 
Benjamin Evans, 
Ebenezer Guptail, 
Jonathan Ross, 
Benjamin Heard, 
Nathan Bracket, 
Nathaniel Butler, 
Ezekiel Ricker, 



Lebanon 
Berwick 



Somersworth 

Lebanon 

Berwick 



Somersworth 

u 

Berwick 

u 

Somersworth 

Lebanon 

Berwick, Enlisted June 20, 1775 
u 

Somersworth 

u 

Berwick 

Enlisted July 17, 1775 
" do. 

" do. 

" do. 



" N. B. The Town & the Captain Billeted the men up to Head 
Quarters, which amounts to £19 — 16s — Id." 



47 

Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XVI, page 44. Total, 64 men. This roll returns 36 
cartridge boxes and 4 guns furnished by the prov- 
ince. The men had been advanced on their pay 
£J1 each. 

Capt. Samuel Leighton's Company. 

Capt. Samuel Leighton was born in Kittery, March 
16, 1740, married, in October, 1767, Abigail Frost, 
daughter of John Frost, and they had nine children. 
She was born Oct. 5, 1744, and died Nov. SO, 1826. 
He died suddenly, Feb. 27, 1802, aged 61 years. 

Capt. Leighton enlisted May 3, 1775, and was com- 
missioned in Col. Scamman's regiment, June 2, 1775, 
serving the year out with him. He was the captain 
of the York County company in Col. Ebenezer Francis' 
militia regiment, who served in the garrison at Dor- 
chester Heights from August until December, 1776, 
about three months. He was the captain of the seventh 
company in the 2d York County militia regiment, in 
1776, and was commissioned second major in the same 
regiment, under Col. Ichabod Goodwin, June 10, 1778. 

Capt. Samuel Leighton was a son of Lieut. John 
Leighton, and his mother was Mary, a daughter of 
Major John Hill, of Berwick. Capt. Leighton was a 
prominent man and possessed of considerable property, 
being the largest tax-payer in the town in 1780. 

"A Muster Koll of the Company under the Command of Captain 
Samuel Leighton in Colonel Scamman's Regiment to the first of 
August 1775." 

Enlisted, all in 1775. 
Samuel Leighton, Capt., Kittery. May 3 

William Fernald, Lieut., " "3 



48 



William Frost, 


Ensign, 


Kittery, 


May 3 


William Cole, 


Sergt., 


u 


" 3 


John Johnson, 


a 


u 


" 5 


Josiah Paul, 


(I 


u 


" 3 


Thomas Savage, 


i( 


Portsmouth, 


" 5 


Enoch Meloon, 


Corp., 


It 


" 5 


Moses Witham, 


(( 


Kittery, 


" 14 


Stephen Nason, 


(1 


u 


" 3 


Joshua Fernald, 


(1 


1( 


" 5 


Henry Foss, 


Drummer, 


Portsmouth, 


" 5 


John Frost, 


Fifer, 


Kittery, 


" 14 


Privates. 








Tobias Leighton, 




Kittery, 


" 3 


Simon Frost, 




" 


" 3 


Samuel Neal, 




(( 


" 3 


Robert Patch, 




u 


" 3 


Daniel Adams, 




Sanford, 


" 4 


John Ferguson, 




Kittery, 


" 3 


Jonathan Xason, 




(( 


" 3 


Daniel Green, 




u 


" 3 


Pelatiah Wittura, 




(1 


" 3 


Stephen Forguson, 




i( 


" 3 


Charles Frost, 




(( 


" 3 


John Manley, 




(( 


" 3 


Joshua Emery, 




u 


" 3 


John Goold, 




it 


" 3 


Daniel Lord, 




Berwick, 


'• 3 


Charles Caverly, 




Portsmouth, 


" 3 


Tobias Hanscomb, 




Kittery, 


" 5 


John Chick, 




li 


" 5 


Ebenezer Hammond, 




ti 


" 6 


John Witelock, 




t( 


" 5 


James Remick, 




C( 


" 5 


Alexander Goold, 




<( 


" 5 


Lemuel Smith, 




" 


" 7 


James Emery, 




11 


" 3 


John Jordan, 




Portsmouth, 


" 5 


Charles Sergant, 




" 


" 5 


James Smart, 




Kittery, 


" 5 


William Nutter, 




Portsmouth, 


" 5 


Frederick Paverly, 




(( 


" 5 


Zebedee Sears, 




York, 


June 10 



49 

Thomas Melianey, Kittery, July 4 

James Davis, Sanford, May 4 

William Goold, Kittery, " 3 

Jeremiah AVittum, Berwick, Aug. 1 

'• Cambridge Decrar 1775 

Samuel Leighton Capt." 

Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XV, page 54. Total, 47 men. Each man had a gun, 
and nearly all cartridge boxes. Only eight had bayo- 
nets. Those from Kittery were allowed from 70 to 72 
miles travel, Portsmouth 65, Sanford 100, Berwick 76, 
and York 70. Shirts were charged at 5s. 6d., and 
shoes at 6s. 8d. 

Capt. Samuel Sawyer's Company. 
Capt. Samuel Sawyer, then written Sa,yer, of 
Wells, was the first lieutenant in Capt. Noah M. Little- 
field's company in the Lexington alarm, v^here he 
served five days. He enlisted in Col. Scamman's reg- 
iment, May 3, 1775, and was commissioned June 2, 
serving until December 31. He was a captain in Col. 
John Patterson's 15th Continental regiment in 1776, 
who after the siege of Boston, marched to New York, 
where they proceeded on transports up the Hudson 
River to Albany, and helped reinforce the Northern 
army, then near Lake Champlain. He was a captain 
and then major of the York County battalion in the 
Bagaduce Expedition in 1779. He enlisted July 7, 1779, 
and was reported as died August 3, 1779. He, accord- 
ing to Moody's journal, was wounded July 31, and died 
the next day. Gen. Solomon Lovell, the commander 
of that expedition, wrote in his journal that Capt. 
Sawyer was " a brave and worthy good man." The 
4 



50 



History of Wells says his " loss was deeply felt 
throughout the town." He married Mary Littlefield, 
April 21, 1768. 

"A Muster Roll of the^Company under the Command of Capt. Sam- 
uel Sayer in Colo James Scamman's Regiment to the first of August 
1775." 

All Unlisted May S, ^ 
1775, unless other- > 
wise specified ; 



Samuel Sayer, 


Capt., 


Wells 


William Cossens, 


1st Lieut., 


u 


Jeremiah Littlefield, 


2d Lieut., 


" 


Samuel Stevens, 


Sergt., 


u 


George Jacobs, 


u 


it 


John Littlefield, 


" 


It 


Samuel Goodwell. 


u 


u 


Joel Stevens, 


Corp., 


1( 


Jonathan Low, 


u 


u 


Stephen Jonson, 


u 


Sanford 


Nathan Kimbal, 


" 


Wells 


Joshua Tayler, 


Drummer, 


u 


Joseph Kilgore, 


Fifer, 


Sanford 


Privates. 






Abraham Barnes, 




Sanford 


Jonathan Banks, 




Wells 


Timothy Boston, 




u 


Jonathan Boston, 




(( 


Timothy Barrens, 




u 


Danl Chaynea, 




(C 


Jolin°Crara, 




Sanford 


Robert Day, 




Wells 


Nathaniel Day, 




u 


William Jillisou, 




(C 


Paul'Goodwin, 




(( 


Zachariah Getchell, 




(( 


Abner Fi sk. 




(( 


Francis Hatch, 




u 


Abraham Hatch, 




(( 


Joseph Horn, 




(( 


Jonathan Jacobs, 




u 


Hezekiah Kimball, 




u 


Ebeuezer Loward, 




u 


Nason Lord, 




Sanford 


Ebenezer Littlefield, 




Wells 



51 



Josiah Morrison, Wells 

Benjamin Morrison, " 

John Morrison, " 

Willra Dialing, " 

John Mitchell, " 

John Mill dram, " 

Aler Perry, Sanford 

Joseph Stevens, Wells 

Reuben Stuart, " 

Ebenezer Storer, " 

Abraham Storer, " 

Henry Tibbetts, Sanford 

Elephilet Tayler, Wells 

John Trow, " 

Seth Tayler, " 

James Wormwood, " 

Francis Winn, " 

Ely Wormwood, " 

Thomas Goold, " 

Pelitiah Penny, • " 

Simon Chace, " 

Joseph Wilkins, " 

Stephen Annis, " 

Samuel Williams, " 

William Gowen, " 

Josiah Credetor, " 

Peletiah Penny Jr., " 

Stephen Andros, " 

Gideon Hatch, " 

Edmund Welch, " 

Joseph Welch, " 

Sippo, Black, " 

Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XVI, page 27. Total, 66 men. All had guns and 
cartridge boxes. Those from Wells were allowed from 
87 to 97 miles travel, and Sanford 98. 

Capt. Jeremiah Hill's Company. 

Capt. Jeremiah Hill, of Biddeford, was born April 3C, 
1747, and married, September 6, 1772, Mary Emery, 



enlisted July 5, 1775 



" 5, " 


" 5, " 


" 5, " 


" 5, " 


" 5, " 


" 5, " 


" 5, " 


" 5, " 


" 5, » 



52 

born March 26, 1752, the daughter of Obed and Sarah 
(Dyer) Emery, of Biddeford. This is a correction in 
his wife's name, as given in the History of Col. Phin- 
ney's regiment. Capt. Hill was the son of Jeremiah 
and Mary (Smith) Hill, and died June 11, 1820, aged 
73 years. 

Capt. Hill, beside his service in Scamman's regiment, 
was a captain in Col. Edmund Phinney's 18th Conti- 
nental regiment and January 1, 1777, was commissioned 
as captain in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Massachusetts reg- 
iment, and resigned November 4, 1777. He was com- 
missary of prisoners in Rhode Island, in 1778, and was 
the adjutant general of the Bagaduce Expedition in 
1779. His service covered the siege of Boston, the 
march to Fort Ticonderoga in the fall of 1776, the 
Saratoga campaign, in Rhode Island, and at Bagaduce 
served until the eighth of October. He lost his com- 
mission in that retreat and ajDplied for another. He 
was town clerk, a representative to the General Court, 
a justice of peace, and was the first collector of Saco, 
1789 to 1809. He had the honorary degree of A. M. 
from Harvard in 1787. He was the first Master of 
Saco Lodge of Masons, 1802-1806, and again 1808- 
1810. 

"A Muster Roll of the Company under the Command of Captain 
Jeremiah Hill in Colonel Scamman's Regiment to the first of August 
1775." 







Enlisted, all in 1775. 


Jeremiah Hill, 


Capt, 


Biddeford, 


■) Beating 


Samuel Merrill, 


Lieut., 


Buxton, 


> Orders. 


Peter Page, 


Ensign, 


Pepperrellboro, 


) April 24, 1775 


Wad Eddy, 


Sergt., 


Buxton, 


May 3, 


John Treworgy, 


u 


Biddeford, 


" 4, 



53 



Simeon Goodwin, 


( 


' 


Pepperrellboro, ' 


3, 


Phineas Towle, 


u 


Buxton, ' 


3, 


John Elden, 


Corp., 


Cl ( 


3, 


Daniel Townsend, 


u 


Littlefalls, ' 


' 4, 


Mathias Redlon, 


(1 


Buxton, ' 


3, 


John Foss, 


(1 


Pepperrellboro, ' 


3, 


Mathew Richardson 


Fifer, 


Woburn, June 6, 


Privates. 








John Davis, 


Biddeford, 


May 5 




John Cole, 


Buxton, 


" 3 




Nathan Woodman, 




4 


" 3 




Samuel Merrill, 




( 


" 3 




Robert Brooks, 




( 


" 3 




William Andros, 




( 


" 3 




James Redlon, 




t 


" 3 




Ezekiel Bragdon, 




( 


" 3 




Samuel Woodsom, 




( 


" 3 




John Sands, 




t 


" 3 




Micah Whitney, 




( 


" 3 




Jonathan Fields, 


" 


" 3 




Levi Foss, 


Pepperrellboro 


" 4 




John Kennick, 


i( 


" 4 




Nicholas Davis, 


Littlefalls, 


" 4 




Robert Williams, 


Mast Camps, 


" 5 




Timothy Rolfe, 


Biddeford, 


" 5 




Mathew Phillips, 


Deer Warden, 


" 5 




Aaron Gray, 


Biddeford, 


" 5 




David Crage, 


(t 


" 5 




Ebenezer Sawyer, 


(( 


" 5 




James McCormick, 


(( 


" 5 




James Uran, 


u 


" 5 




John Lee, 


Deranged (discharged) 




Joseph Goodwin, 


Buxton, 


" 3 




Joseph Plaistard, 


Pepperrellboro 


, " 3 




Jonathan Norton, 


(( 


" 3 




Robert Martin, 


(( 


" 3 




Robert Arnold, 


(i 


" 3 




John Carll, 


(( 


" 3 




Anthony Starbird, 


u 


" 3 




Peltiah Ross, 


u 


" 3 




Nehemiah Goodwin, 


Buxton, 


" 3 




James Scamman Jr., 


Pepp 


errellboro. 


" 3 





54 



Joseph Car 11, 


u 


" 


3 




Elijah Littlefield, 


Biddeford, 


u 


5 




Simeon Tibbetts, 


Pepperrellboro, 


" 


3 




Daniel Bradbury, 


u 


u 


3 




Daniel Hill, 


Biddeford, 


July 


13 




John Richardson, 


Woburn, 


June 


25 




Daniel McNemarra, 


Cambridge, 


May 


26 


deserted June 12 


Aaron Randall, 


Pepperrellboro, 


u 


3 


deserted May 30 


Phillip Goldthwait, 


(1 


a 


3 


entered in ye Train 
May 21 


Edward Nason, 


n 


u 


3 


do. 


Jesse Pene, 


(( 


(( 


3 


died Aug. 5th 


John Roak, 


Biddeford, 


11 


5 


discharged June 21 


Edward Cumpston, 


Pepperrellboro, 


u 


3 




Langdon, 


Cambridge, 


June 3 


"Langdon comes in 










Compston's room" 



"All Errors excepted 

Jei'emiah Hill, Capt." 

Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XV, page 28. Total, 60 men. Those from Biddeford 
were allowed 100 miles travel, Buxton 120, Pepper- 
rellboro (Saco) 110, Little Falls 117 and Woburn 8. 
Col. Scamman supplied twelve of the men with guns 
and forty-four cartridge boxes were reported. 

Capt. Joshua Bragdon's Company. 

Capt. Joshua Bragdon, of Wells, went from York 
there before the Revolution. He was an enterprising 
man and a shipbuilder. He was on a committee at 
Wells who, on March 28, 1774, in relation to the crisis 
then impending, reported the following as their first 
resolution. 

Resolved that freedom is essential to the happiness of a State, 
which no nation can give up without violating the laws of nature, 
reason and religion, ruining millions, and entailing the deepest 
misery on posterity. 



55 

Capt. Bragdon enlisted April 21, 1775, in the Lex- 
ington alarm, and served five days. On his return he 
raised a company for Scamman's regiment. He re- 
signed August 19, 1775, and returned home. His 
commission was dated June 2, 1775. In ]778 he was 
chosen by the town of Wells " to prosecute traitors to 
the confederation." After the war he was a selectman 
several years, and, in 1785, was a representative 
to the General Court. The town's history says that 
he " was an efficient laborer in all war measures, was 
a man of courage and resolution" and that he was " a 
solid temperate man." 

Joshua Bragdon made a will April 4, 1792, and said 
he had " apprehensions of ap^Droaching death.'' It was 
probated November 30, the same year. The children 
mentioned were Joshua Jr., his executor, Thomas, 
Daniel, Hepzibah, wife of Josiah Clark, and Hannah 
and Martha, then unmarried. 

Lieut. Morgan Lewis, of Sanford, became captain of 
the company after the resignation of Capt. Bragdon. 
He served as selectman, 1774-1779, and was a major 
in the militia, beside his service in Col. Scamman's 
regiment. 

Capt. Lewis' wife was named Sarah, and she died 
December 28, 1819, aged 79 years. He died Novem- 
ber 17, 1784, aged 47 years, and they both were 
buried in the Alfred village cemetery. He was the 
first person buried there. In the inventory of his estate, 
which amounted to £838, 2s., 2d., were two cartridge 
boxes, 3 shillings, and a powder horn, 8 pence. Their 
children mentioned then were Jeremiah, the oldest 



56 



son and administrator, Daniel, the second son, Morgan, 
Jr., the " third son now living" in 1792, John, who 
died before 1792, Sarah, eldest daughter and wife of 
Jeremiah Trafton, Doras, wife of David Bean, Kathe- 
rine, wife of Benjamin Trafton and the third daughter, 
with Patience, Abigail and Dolly. 

"A muster Eoll of the Company under the Command of Captain 
Joshua Brajidon." 









Enlisted, 


all 1775. 


Joshua Bragdon, 


Capt., 


Wells, 


April 21 


Morgan Lewis, 


Lieut., 


Sanford, 


May 


3 


Moses Sweet, 


Ensign, 


11 


u 


3 


Abraham Barens, 


Sergt., 


Wells, 


" 


3 


Enoch Hale, 


u 


Sanford, 


" 


3 


William Patton, 


" 


Wells, 


" 


3 


Jedidiah Pebody, 


u 


Sanford, 


" 


3 • 


Simeon Hatch, 


Corp., 


Wells, 


1( 


3 


Samuel Cluff, 


( ( 


Sanford, 


u 


3 


Peter Cram, 


(( 


Wells, 


u 


3 


Ephriam Gile, 


(( 


Sanford, 


" 


3 


Joseph Thompson, 


Drummer, 


" 


u 


3 


Josiah Hai'mon, 


Fifer, 


(; 


u 


3 


Privates. 










John Adams, 




Sanford, 


u 


3 


Jonathan Adams, 




u 


" 


3 


William Banks, 


(dis. Nov. 30) 


u 


u 


3 


Nathan Butland, 




Wells, 


" 


3 


William Boston, 




i ( 


u 


3 


Elijah Boston, 




a 


" 


3 


Daniel Boston, 


(dis. Sept. It)) 


Sanford, 


July 


2 


Richard Blabon, 




Wells, 


It 


2 


John Clarke, 




Sanford, 


May 


3 


Isack Coffin, 




u 


i( 


3 


John Emons, 




i( 


" 


3 


Pendleton Emons, 




Wells, 


(I 


3 


Nathaniel Edwards, 




a 


a 


3 


Steven Edwards, 




(( 


(( 


3 


Daniel Eastman, 




Sanford, 


u 


3 


James Ford, 




Wells, 


June 


25 



57 



Samuel Harmon, 


Sanford, 


May 


o 
o 


Teamo Hall,* (clis. July 5) 


Wells, 


(( 


3 


Joseph Hibbard, 


Sanford, 


u 


3 


Isac Jones, 


a 


u 


3 


Thomas Jepson, 


Wells, 


1( 


3 


Saml Jelson, 


Sanford, 


" 


3 


Charles Jellson, 


Berwick, 


July 


1 


Abram Kimble, 


Sanford, 


May 


3 


Joseph Knight, 


Berwick, 


July 


1 


Jedediah Low, 


Wells, 


May 


3 


John Lord, 


Sanford, 


" 


3 


Thomas ISTeenly, 


Wells, 


" 


3 


Abra Pribel, 


Sanford, 


u 


3 


Moses Pettey, 


" 


July 


1 


William Powers, 


(( 


" 


1 


Jeremiah Smith, 


(( 


May 


3 


Jeremiah Steward, 


Wells, 


(< 


3 


Masters Treadwell, (dis. Sept. 27), 


n 


u 


3 


Nathaniel Treadwell, 


(I 


u 


3 


Samuel Whifcehous,- 


" 


u 


3 


Charles White, 


Sanford, 


u 


3 


George AVhales, 


(( 


u 


3 


Nathl Folsum York, 


(( 


" 


3 


Paul Giles, 


(( 


11 


3 


Daniel Giles, 


u 


<c 


3 


Israel Smith, 


" 


(1 


3 


Noah Merrill, 


Wells, 


(1 


3 


Israel Hilbon, 


Sanford, 


u 


3 



Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
^y, page 9. Total, 57 men. Those from Wells were 
allowed 93 miles travel, and from Sanford 100 and 106. 
All had guns, all furnished by themselves but two, and 
39 had cartridge boxes. 

Capt. Philip Hubbard's Company. 

Capt. Philip Hubbard lived in South Berwick and 
was born in 1718. He married in 1740, Hannah 
Plummer, by whom he had fourteen children, namely 

* Perhaps James. 



58 

— Philip, Jr., Benjamin, Mrs. Elizabeth Neal, John, 
Mrs. Hannah Hodsdon, Mrs. Abigail Goodwin, Moses, 
Aaron, Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, Richard, Jonathan, Eben, 
Ichabod and Stephen. His home farm was that of his 
father and grandfather, and after him came his two 
sons, John and Ichabod. At least seven generations 
of his family have lived in that neighborhood. 

Capt. Hubbard was the eldest son of Philip Hubbard 
and Elizabeth Roberts. His father died in 1723, and 
was supposed to have been killed by the Indians. His 
mother came from Dover, N. H., and she was the 
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Roberts. His pa- 
ternal grandparents were Philip Hubert, as the name 
was then written, and Elizabeth Goodwin ; she was a 
daughter of Daniel Goodwin, of Kittery, His grand- 
father Hubert was the emigrant to what has since be- 
come South Berwick, the locality is about a mile from 
what is now the Eliot line, and he was the son of Jean 
Hubert of the parish of St. Savior, in the Isle of Jersey. 
The family were Norman French. 

Philip Hubert, the emigrant, was granted twenty 
acres of land in old Kittery, May 16, 1694, fifty acres 
May 24, 1694, and fifty acres May 10, 1703. The 
twenty acres were laid out to him January 10, 1710, 
at the *' Beaver Dam " and the one hundred acres were 
laid out November 21, 170o at "ye Great Lot, Nine 
Notches." The Hubbard loghouse was called " Hub- 
bard's Garrison," and was standing as late as 1826, 
when it was taken down and a frame house built in 
the rear of the site of the garrison. The family bury- 
ing ground, where Captain Hubbard was buried in 



59 

1792, at the age of seventy-four years, is in the field 
opposite where the old garrison stood. I^his was also 
the field of the emigrant, Philip Hubert, or Hubbard, 
which he bought of James Emery, January 25, 1697, 
for .£120, and was described as forty acres, more 
or less, with buildings, fruit trees and all other 
appurtenances. 

Capt. Philip Hubbard made his will November 13, 
1787, in which he said "Being in sound health," etc., 
which was probated September 8, 1792. His sons, 
John and Ichabod, were the executors. He left an 
estate of £1031, 18s., 8d., in which were a gun and bay- 
onet valued at 20 shillings, an old sword at 4 shillings, 
and a cartouch box 2 shillings. He owned land also 
in the town of Shapleigh. Thirteen children were 
named in his will, but evidently Philip, Jr., and Eben 
died before that date. 

Capt. Hubbard was a prominent man in his town, 
serving as moderator and selectman, also on important 
committees. A marble monument has lately been 
erected at his grave, but the original split stone, with 
his initials cut upon it, was left as his most fitting 
memorial. His life work was such that his " memory 
is held in the greatest respect by all his descendants," 
as one of his posterity writes. Who can hope to do 
more ? 

Capt. Philip Hubbard was commissioned Jui'te 2, 
1775, in Col. Scamman's regiment, and the commission 
is still in existence. Besides that service, he was the 
captain of a seacoast company at Kittery Point and 
York in 1776. When he joined Scamman's regiment 



60 



he was about fifty-seven years of age and no doubt 
had seen service in the French and Indian wars. 



" Muster Roll of the Company under the command of Capt. Phillip 
Hubbard in Colo Scamman's Regiment to the first of August 1775." 









Enlisted, all 1775 


Phillip Hubbard, 


Capt., 


Berwick, 


May 2 


Jedidiah Goodwin, 


1st Lieut., 




" 2 


James Roberts, 


2d 




" 2 


Simeon Lord, 


Sergt., 




" 5 


Joshua Nason, 


u 




" 5 


Richard Plummer, 


<( 




•' 5 


Tristram Fall, 


u 




" 20 


Samuel Hubbard, 


Corp., 




" 5 


Freethy Spencer, 


i( 




" 5 


Samuel Worster, 


(( 




" 5 


Joseph Hubbard, 


u 




" 5 


Samuel Stevens, 


Drummer, 


Lebanon, 


" 20 


Privates. 








Moses Hubbard, 




Berwick, 


" 5 


Aaron Goodwin, 






" 5 


Moses Spencer, 






" 5 


John Shorey, 






" 5 


Benjamin Row, 






" 5 


Daniel Lord, 






" 5 


Stephen Wood, 






" 5 


Daniel Hubbard, 






" 5 


Jeremiah Lord, 






" 5 


William Stone, 






" 5 


Daniel Grant, 






" 5 


James Wentworth, 




Rochester, 


" 5 


Richard Pirkins, 




Lebanon, 


" 5 


Benjamin Horsham, 




Berwick, 


" 5 


Elisha James, 




Lebanon, 


" 5 


William Davis, 




Berwick, 


" 5 


Benjamin Goodwin, 






" 5 


James Grant, 






" 8 


Daniel Wadlin, 






" 8 


Bartholomew Nason, 






" 8 


Ichabod Smith, 






" 8 


Abel Getchell, 






" 8 



61 



Walter Abbot, 
Morrel Hobbs, 
Benjamin Weymouth, 
Theophilius Abbot, 
Daniel Abbot, 
Simeon Lord Junr., 
Aaron Hubbart, 
Moses Couson, 
Dodifer Garland, 
Jonathan Garland, 
Nathaniel Blewet, 
Daniel Hodsdon, 
Moses How, 
John Davis. 
Ralph Farnum, 
Thomas Downs, 
Landras Heast, 
John Pugsley, 
Francis Pierce, 
James Smith, 
Ichabod Downs, 
John Cousens, 
Jonathan Burrows, 
Paul Welch, 
John Pierce, 
Joseph Goodwin, 
Gilbert Perkins, 
Silas White, 
Moses Lord, 
Philip Hubbard Jr., 



Berwick, 



May 8 



Lebanon, 

Rochester, 

<( 

Berwick, 



Lebanon, 
Berwick, 



Lebanon, 

a 

Berwick, 

(( 

n 

Lebanon, 

(( 

Berwick, 





8 




8 




8 




15 




15 




15 




15 




8 




15 




15 




15 




15 




8 




20 




20 




20 




20 




20 




20 




20 




20 


June 


28 


Aug. 


12 


July 


11 


it 


20 


(( 


20 



Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XV, page 33. Total, 64 men. All had guns, all but 
six supplied by themselves. Only 24 cartridge boxes 
returned in the company and no bayonets. 

Capt. Jonathan Nowell's Company. 

Capt. Jonathan Nowell, of York was commissioned 
in Col. Scamman's regiment June 2, 1775, was a captain 
in Col. William Prescott's 7th Continental regiment 



62 

in 1776, that served through the siege of Boston 
and took part in the Long Island campaign. He 
became brigade major of the York county militia 
March 7, 1780. His wife was named Elizabeth, and 
he died Jan. 6, 1821, aged 74 years. He was a 
pensioner. 

"A Muster Roll of the Company under the Command of Captain 
Jona No well in Colonel Scamman's Regiment to the first of August 
1775." 









Enlisted, 


all 1775 


Jonathan No well, 


Capt., 


York, 


May 


2 


Thomas Nowell, 


Lieut., 


u 


(( 


2 


Edward Low, 


Ensign, 


(( 


i( 


2 


Edward O'Brion, 


Sergt., 


It 


u 


.3 


Job Winchell, 


(( 


Berwick, 


" 


3 


John Frost, 


(( 


u 


u 


3 


John Haley, 


u 


York, 


l( 


3 


Moses Weymouth, 


Corp., 


Berwick, 


(1 


3 


William Tripe, 


(t 


Sanford, 


a 


3 


Francis Weymouth, 


" 


Berwick, 


11 


3 


Aulden Warren, 


" 


u 


(( 


3 


Simeon Whitham, 


Drummer, 


York, 


(I 


3 


Roger Plaisted, 


Fifer, 


(1 


(( 


3 


Privates. 










Joseph Welch, 




York, 


u 


3 


Arthur Bragdon, 




u 


n 


3 


Nathaniel Brackett, 




Georgetown, 


u 


3 


Thomas Perkins, 




York, 


u 


3 


Amos Hasty, 




" 


" 


3 


Jotham Booker, 




<( 


tl 


3 


Thomas Welch, 




<( 


It 


3 


Warren Bragdon, 




t( 


(( 


4 


Daniel Jacobs, 




i( 


(1 


3 


Lemuel Pierce, 




i( 


(1 


3 


William Nasson, 




u 


u 


3 


Nathaniel iToung, 




(( 


" 


4 


Thomas Shepard Jenkins, 


(( 


l( 


4 


David Merry, 




Berwick, 


(I 


3 


Aaron Abbott, 




York, 


(1 


3 


Eliphalet Kingsbury, 




Kittery, 


(1 


3 



63 



Josiah Trafton, 
John Freeman, 
William Murphy, 
John McLucas, 
Edward Clarke, 
Curtis Pierce, 
John Perkins, 
Edward Paskins, 
John Tuttle, 
James Kandall, 

tham Kicker, 

Caleb Ford, 
Alexander Jillison, 
Jonathan Thompson, 
Able Thompson, 
Edward Moore, 
Joseph Jones, 
Ebenezer Gubtail, 
Peter Nason, 
Jonathan Welch, 
Pharaoh, Negro, 
" Errors Excepted. 



York, 


May 


4 


i( 


u 


4 


(( 


a 


5 


Mount Desert, 


u 


5 


u 


u 


6 


York, 


(I 


4 
3 


C( 


" 


3 


Berwick, 


u 


4 


(( 


u 


3 


(C 


u 


3 


C( 


u 


3 


(< 


(1 


3 


York, 


" 


3 


(( 


" 


3 


(( 


June 


10 


(( 


May 


5 


Berwick, 


«( 


4 


York, 


u 
Ik 


4 
3 


(( 


(( 


3 



Cambridge Jany 20th 1776." 



Original roll in Massachusetts Archives, Volume 
XV, page 83. Total, 50 men. All had guns, but 34 
furnished their own, and 19 had cartridge boxes. 
Shirts were charged the men 8s. 3d. each. Those 
from York were allowed 80 miles travel, from Berwick 
the same, excepting Caleb Ford, who was allowed two 
miles more. Those from Sanford 100 miles, George- 
town 150 and Mount Desert 230. 

Capt. Jesse Dorman's Company. 

Capt. Jesse Dorman, of Arundel, was the son of 
Jabez Dorman, who came from Boxford, Massachu- 
setts, to Arundel, now Kennebunkport, about 1715. 
Capt. Dorman's wife was Eunice Averill, a daughter 
of Samuel and Ruth (Watson) Averill. Her father 



64 



was cast away on Mount Desert and drowned in 1747. 
Their eleven children were Josiah, Israel, Elizabeth, 
Daniel Towne, Abiel, Daniel Shackley, Stephen, Jede- 
diah, Sarah, Jesse, Jr., and Thomas. Three ol his sons 
served in the army. In 1793, a violent tornado un- 
roofed his house, and he with his bed and bedding 
were blown several rods from the house. He died 
about the year 1800 

Capt. Dorman was a lieutenant in Gen. Abercrom- 
bie's army at Lake George when Lord Howe was killed 
and the army met with a crushing defeat, in 1758. 
He was then in command of a company, and was struck 
in the breast by a musket ball, the force of which was 
checked by a silk handkerchief which he had placed 
inside of his vest for convenience in wiping his face. 
He enlisted in Col. Scamman's regiment May 3, 1775, 
and was commissioned June 2. His name appears 
among the soldiers at Louisberg, in 1745, with Sir 
William Pepperrell. 

"A Muster Koll of ye Company under ye Command of Capt. Jesse 
Dorman In Collonell James Scammons Kegiment To the First of 
August 1775." 

Enlisted, all 1775 

May 3 

3 

3 

8 

12 

12 

8 

8 

12 

8 

12 

12 

12 



Jesse Doi-man, 


Capt., 


Arundel, 


Daniel Merrill, 


Lieut., 


u 


Jacob Curtis, 


Ensign, 


u 


John Goowin, 


Sergt., 


u 


Abner Credeford, 


u 


(( 


Ezekiel Wakefield, 


u 


Wells, 


Joseph Cluf, 


u 


Arundel, 


Lemuel Miller, 


Corp., 


(1 


Nathaniel Daviss, 


(« 


u 


Richard Thompson, 


" 


Wells, 


Ephriam Wilde, 


u 


Arundel, 


Moses Blaisdell, 


Drummer, 


Wells, 


John Hubbard, 


Fifer, 


u 



65 



Privates. 
Pierce Murphy, 
JSToah Cluf, 
Harrison Downing, 
John Woster, 
Easman Huchings, 
Nathaniel Lord, 
Josiah Dorman, 
John Watson, 
Benjamin Lord, 
Abell Merrill, 
Asa Huchings, 
Benjamin Rhodes, 
Israel Murphy, 
Mark Goodwin, 
William Fellows, 
Benjamin Nason, 
Joshua Nason, 
Enoch Clough, 
Forest Burnham, 
Richard Michell, 
Thomas Bickford, 
Moses Stevens, 
Seth Peobody, 
James Smith, 
Francis Varney, 
Edmond Littlefield, 
Richard Shackley, 
Simeon Huchins, 
Edward Nason, 
Andrew Stone, 
Samuel Smith, 
Jeremiah Bettess, 
Roger Smith, 
Joel Jones, 
Abijah Woomwood, 
Moses Drown, 
Stephen Webber, 
Daniel Meader, 
John Fisk, 
Joseph Dennet, 
Moses Norton, 
Samuel Bickford, 

5 



Arundel, 



May 8 



Biddeford, 


(( 


8 


Arundel, 


(( 


8 


(1 


(( 


8 



Wells, 



Arundel, 



Biddeford, 




8 


(( 




12 


Conetticut, 




12 


Wells, 




8 






12 






12 






12 






12 






12 


Arundel, 




12 
12 



FEB 12 1902 



